Chapter 7 Learning Objectives:

1. Be able to define: 
2. Describe the structure of alkenes, including hybridization, bonds, and bond angles.
3. Identify elements of unsaturation.
4. Determine the degree of unsaturation for a molecule given the structure or molecular formula.
5. Draw molecules of a given molecular formula with the appropriate degree of unsaturation.
6. Correctly name a given alkene, cycloalkene, diene, etc. using the IUPAC system of nomenclature.
7. Provide the common names for alkenes and alkenyl substituents discussed in class.
8. Draw the structure of an alkene, cycloalkene, diene, etc. given the IUPAC name.
9. Determine the number of geometric isomers for a given alkene, diene, triene, etc.
10. Classify a given alkene as cis, trans, E, or Z.
11. Determine the relative stabilities of a series of alkenes using heats of hydrogenation or molecular structure.
12. Predict trends in physical properties for a series of alkenes.
13. Draw the Zaitsev and Hofmann products for a given reaction.
14. Describe the conditions under which the Zaitsev or Hofmann product will be favored.
15. Identify atoms which are anti-coplanar or trans-diaxial to one another.
16. Describe the preparation of alkenes from alkyl halides (dehydrohalogenation), including regiochemistry and stereochemistry. Predict the major product of a dehydrohalogenation reaction. Draw the mechanism(s) for a dehydrohalogenation reaction.
17. Describe the preparation of alkenes from alcohols (dehydration), including regiochemistry and stereochemistry. Predict the major product of a dehydration reaction. Draw the mechanism for a dehydration reaction.