At the end of this activity, students should be able to explain what information can be obtained from combustion tests, use the results of elementary analysis in the determination of empirical formulae, describe the chemical tests for alkenes, haloalkanes (including identification of the halogen), aldehydes, ketones, alcohols (including 1°, 2° and 3° alcohols), carboxylic acids, esters, acid anhydrides, acyl chlorides, amines and amino acids and use the information from analytical tests to identify organic compounds.

Originally released by Learnetic, 2016.