This course contains five modules:

• About Organic Chemistry
• Homologous Series
• What is Petroleum
• Fractional Distillation of Petroleum
• Uses of Petroleum Fractions

Students will learn to:

• define hydrocarbon.
• define homologous series.
• describe an homologous series as a group of compounds with a general formula, similar chemical properties and showing a gradation in physical properties as a result of increase in the size and mass of the molecules, e.g. melting and boiling points; viscosity; flammability.
• state the functional group for different homologous series such as alkanes, alkenes, alcohols and carboxylic acids.
• name organic compounds given the structural formula.
• draw structural formula for organic compounds.
• describe petroleum as a mixture of hydrocarbons.
• name natural gas and petroleum as sources of energy.
• describe the fractional distillation of petroleum.
• name the petroleum fractions and state their uses.

This online course is open for Pathlight School students to access.

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