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Chemistry · Unit 4 · Properties and structure of organic materials · Structure of organic compounds

Analyse data to determine the physical properties of an homologous series, trends in melting point, boiling point, volatility and the solubility alkanes, alkenes, alcohols and carboxylic acids. Organic reactions and reaction pathways

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Analyse the data to determine the homologous series with the highest boiling points for compounds of comparable molar mass.

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Analyse the data to discuss one trend in the physical properties of the first four members of the alkene homologous series as the number of carbon atoms increases.

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