CfE Higher Chemistry Unit 2 Natures Chemistry
Learning Outcomes/Success Criteria Unit 2CfE Higher Chemistry / R / A / GI can name, draw full structural formulae and write shortened structural formulae for alcohols.
I can name, draw full structural formulae and write shortened structural formulae for carboxylic acids.
I can name, draw full structural formulae and write shortened structural formulae for esters.
I can name the functional groups in alcohols, carboxylic acids and esters
I can describe how to prepare an ester
I can name and predict the products produced and vice versa name and predict the esters in the reverse reaction.
I can state uses of esters
I can describe the process of hydrolysis of esters and predict the products of this.
Section 2.5 – Alcohols, Carboxylic Acids and Esters
Section 2.6 – Fats, Oils and Soaps
Learning Outcomes/Success Criteria Unit 2 CfE Higher Chemistry / R / A / GI can state where fats and oils come from
I can state how fats and oils are important to us as part of a healthy balanced diet
I can describe the structure of fats and oils
I can relate the structure of fats and oils to their melting and boiling points.
I can state that fats and oils are formed from fatty acids and glycerol.
I can recognise glycerol (propan-1,2,3-triol)
I can state the test for unsaturation in fats and oils
I can describe the process of hardening oils
I can explain how fats and oils can be used to make soap
I can describe how soaps and detergents work
I can draw the products of hydrolysis of fats and oils.
I can describe what an emulsion is and know why they are used
I can describe why a molecule can act as an emulsifier in terms of its structure.
Section 2.7 – Proteins
Learning Outcomes/Success Criteria Unit 2 CfE Higher Chemistry / R / A / GI can state the importance of proteins to the human body as structural proteins and as regulators of our metabolic pathways e.g. enzymes
I can state some examples of proteins
I can describe the structure of proteins and how they can be hydrolysed into their constituent amino acids
I can explain how proteins are formed from amino acids
I can draw and name an amide (peptide) link
I can draw a series of amino acids linked together to represent a portion of a protein.
I can describe what is meant by the term “essential amino acids”
Section 2.8 – The Chemistry of Cooking and Oxidation of Food
Learning Outcomes/Success Criteria Unit 2 CfE Higher Chemistry / R / A / GI can predict whether a molecule is likely to be fat/oil or water soluble by looking at the functional groups present
I can predict how volatile a molecule is likely to be by examining the size and structure of the molecule
I can describe the structure of proteins and describe how heating a protein can change its structure.
I ca describe the action of oxidation and identify if an alcohol is likely to be oxidised.
I can recognise the functional group in alcohols and aldehydes
I can state that an alcohols structure is primary, secondary or tertiary.
I can name oxidising agents capable of oxidising alcohols and aldehydes
I can name and draw the products of oxidation of alcohols and aldehydes
I can identify and draw carboxylic acids
I can explain why carboxylic acids are weak acids
I can write equations for and predict the products when carboxylic acids react with bases to form salts
I can describe oxidation of a carbon compound in terms of the oxygen hydrogen ratio
I can state the function of an antioxidant and describe some uses of these
I can write ion-electron equations for antioxidants
Section 2.9 – Fragrances
Learning Outcomes/Success Criteria Unit 2 CfE Higher Chemistry / R / A / GI can describe what an essential oil is and state some of their uses
I can identify terpenes and relate their use in essential oils
I can identify and draw the isoprene unit in a terpene
I can describe the oxidation of terpenes and predict the products that may be formed
Section 2.10 – Skin Care
Learning Outcomes/Success Criteria Unit 2 CfE Higher Chemistry / R / A / GI can understand how UV light can affect skin and how sunblock can minimise this damage
I can state what a free radical is
I can explain the three free radical reactions (initiation, propagation and termination)
I can write equations for the three steps
I can describe what free radical scavengers are
I can give examples of the use of free radical scavengers
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