Appazap's road to AAA

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You can tell if a neutralisation reaction wasn't done under standard conditions if water is formed in the gaseous state.

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Enthaply change is unaffected by the use of a catalyst because enthalpy change is the difference between reactants and products

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Most enthalpy changes involve only one mole

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To work out an activation energy you add the activation energy and enthalpy change (see energy profile diagram)

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On a Boltzmann Distribution a higher temperature results in a lower peak that shifts right

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Why do straight chain hydrocarbons have higher boiling points? As number of carbon atoms increases, the carbon chain length increases and there will be greater surface area. This means more surface contact in between molecules which leads to stronger London forces. More energy will be required to break these stronger london forces.

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Homolytic fission is the splitting of a covalent bond where each atom receives an equal share of the electrons to form 2 radicals

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UV radiation is the condition needed for radical substitution

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I need to remember that alkenes react with steam and not water

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electrophiles are electron pair acceptors

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the alkene needs to have two different groups attached to each carbon atom of the double bond for E/Z isomerism to exist

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Remember to consider branched chains for structural isomers and stereoisomers when alkenes react with HBr etc