Reactions of alkenes and alcohols GapFill

Alkenes are a group of molecules which contain a carbon-carbon  doublesaturatedsingledelocalisedtripleionic bond. The general formula of the  reactivity serieshomologous seriesrelative seriescarbon sequencecombustion sequencehydrocarbon collection of alkenes is C_nH_2n. Alkenes have fewer hydrogen atoms than their analogous alkanes, so are called  unsaturateduncondensedpolymericmonomericcondensedsaturated.

Alkenes can react with:

• hydrogen, to form  alcoholscarboxylic acidsalkanessaltsalkynesamino acids
• water, to form  alkanesamino acidsalcoholscarboxylic acidsalkynessalts
• halogens, such as bromine, to form haloalkanes

Alcohols are a group of molecules which contain  an NH₃an OHan ONHa COOHan OOHan OH₂ group. Alcohols can react in the following ways:

• with  oxygenwaterchlorinesodiumammonianitrogen, to produce hydrogen gas and a salt
• combustion in air, also known as burning
• with an oxidising agent, to form  carboxylic acidsalkanesamino acidsalcoholssaltsalkynes

Alcohols are often produced by  fermentationprecipitationphotosynthesisaerobic respirationfiltrationcracking, which uses yeast to make ethanol from glucose.

Carboxylic acids are a group of molecules with the functional group  OHCH₂OH₂COOHNH₃OOH. They can react in the following ways:

• with carbonates, to produce a salt, water and  hydrogenethanalethanolcarbon dioxidecarbon monoxidean alkane
• with alcohols, to produce water and  methanecarbon dioxidean alcoholan esteran alkenehydrogen