Lesson Plan: Addition Reactions of Alkenes Chemistry
This lesson plan includes the objectives, prerequisites, and exclusions of the lesson teaching students how to describe addition reactions of alkenes and predict what products are formed.
Objectives
Students will be able to
- describe the reactants, catalysts, and reaction conditions for the hydrogenation and halogenation of alkenes,
- describe the test for alkenes using bromine water and, to a lesser extent, Baeyer’s test,
- define Markovnikov’s rule and use it to predict the products of addition reactions of alkenes,
- describe the reactants and reaction conditions for the addition of hydrogen halides to alkenes,
- describe the reactants, catalysts, and reaction conditions for the direct and indirect hydration of alkenes to form alcohols,
- predict the products of the addition reactions of alkenes stated above.
Prerequisites
Students should already be familiar with
- properties of alkenes,
- hydrocarbons,
- homologous series.
Exclusions
Students will not cover
- carbocations,
- reaction mechanisms,
- anti-Markovnikov reactions,
- addition polymerization.