Learning outcomes - after studying this topic, you should be able to:

• identify alkene diastereomers as E or Z
• identify the electrophiles and nucleophiles in a reaction
• predict the major products obtained from the reaction of alkenes with electrophiles (using Markovnikov's rule)
• draw structures from IUPAC names

• Sections 16.3 and 16.5 (in Blackman, Bottle, Schmid, Mocerino and Wille, Chemistry, 3^rd Edition, 2015 (John Wiley))

• Alkenes (in Wikibooks Organic Chemistry)
• Alkenes (in ChemWiki)

Elimination and Electrophilic Addition Reactions Contributed by Adam Bridgeman

Alkenes, Benzene and Alkynes Contributed by Adam Bridgeman

Degree of unsaturation calculator Description: Calculates the number of double bonds in a structure from its formula (or vice versa) Tags: unsaturation Contributed by Adam Bridgeman

Acidity of Organic Molecules and Types of Organic Reactions Description: Video and interactive tutorials and self test quizzes on the acidity of organic molecules and types of organic reactions Tags: acidity | substitution | elimination | addition | oxidation | reduction Contributed by Adam Bridgeman