BTEC Applied Science Level 3 - Unit 5 recap.
Section A2 - Electrophilic addition of water, halogens, hydrogen halides and sulfuric acid in alkenes & the stability of carbocations.
• be able to write equations, name and draw products from electrophilic addition of alkenes (to include symmetric and asymmetric alkenes)
• understand and be able to draw mechanism stages
• be able to assign dipoles and use double-head curly arrows to show heterolytic bond fission or covalent bond formation
• understand that a carbocation is formed during electrophilic addition mechanisms
• be able to predict and draw the structure(s) of carbocations from symmetric and asymmetric alkenes
• understand stability of carbocations in terms of the electron donating effect of alkyl branches
• understand why one product is favoured over another, using the structure of a carbocation
