Making Molecules

Addition and esterification

An interactive lesson with 6 steps, about 5 minutes: you predict, drag and solve, with instant feedback on every answer. It runs in your browser and needs JavaScript.

What you’ll learn

• Addition: across C=C, nothing lost.
• Condensation: two molecules join, releasing water (acid + alcohol → ester).

Steps

1. Joining and swapping
2. Add bromine
3. What’s given off?
4. Hydrate ethene
5. Plastic from a double bond
6. A chain grows