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Chemistry Paper 2

Alkanes and alkenes

Organic Chemistry training before the targeted original question drill.

Adaptive teaching card

Make it concrete

Analogy

Alkanes and alkenes is like changing a recipe: the particles, amounts and conditions decide what product you can make.

Why now: An analogy helps when the definition feels abstract.

Do this: Match each part of the analogy to the science idea.

Learn it

Alkanes are saturated hydrocarbons.

Alkenes contain at least one carbon-carbon double bond.

Bromine water tests for alkenes.