How topics in Organic Chemistry map to the syllabus:
International GCE Cambridge - Chemistry A and AS
Syllabus code 9701
GCE Cambridge/OCR A AS Chemistry 9701
Chemical bonding
covalent bonding and shapes 
bonding - hybridisation - bonding in methane
covalent bonding and shapes 
bonding - hybridisation - bonding in ethene
covalent bonding and shapes 
bonding - hybridisation - bonding in ethyne
examples of molecule shapes
bonding - hybridisation - bonding in methane
examples of molecule shapes 
amines – compared with ammonia
bond length and polarity 
halogenoalkanes - substitution reactions - polarity of C-X
intermolecular forces 
carbon compounds - alkenes – boiling points
intermolecular forces 
boiling points - intermolecular forces
intermolecular forces 
boiling points – exercise
Organic chemistry topics
Introductory topics
isomerism 
isomerism - structural isomerism - introduction
isomerism 
isomerism - structural isomerism - position isomerism
isomerism 
isomerism - structural isomerism – chain isomerism
isomerism 
isomerism - structural isomerism – functional group isomerism
isomerism 
isomerism - structural isomerism - exercise
isomerism 
isomerism - stereoisomerism - geometric isomerism - bond rotation
isomerism 
isomerism - stereoisomerism - geometric isomerism
isomerism 
isomerism - stereoisomerism - geometric isomerism - exercises
isomerism 
isomerism - stereoisomerism - optical isomerism - chiral carbon
isomerism 
isomerism - stereoisomerism - optical isomerism - enantiomers
isomerism 
isomerism - stereoisomerism - optical isomerism - optical activity
isomerism 
isomerism -stereoisomerism - optical isomerism - exercises
Hydrocarbons
alkanes 
alkanes - structure - homologous series
alkanes 
alkanes - IUPAC nomenclature
alkanes 
alkanes - combustion
alkanes 
alkanes – reactions - chlorination of methane
alkanes 
alkanes – free radical substitution - chlorination
alkanes 
alkanes – free radical substitution - chlorination - summary
alkanes 
alkanes – free radical substitution - chain reaction
alkanes 
alkanes – free radical substitution
alkanes 
alkanes – free radical substitution - bromination - exercise
alkanes - fuels 
fuels - formation of oil
alkanes - fuels 
fuels - fractional distillation
alkanes - fuels 
alkanes - fuels - octane rating
alkanes - fuels 
alkanes - fuels - catalytic converter
alkanes - fuels 
alkanes – fuels - supply and demand
alkanes - fuels 
alkanes - fuels - isomerisation of alkanes for fuel
alkanes - fuels 
alkanes – fuels - cracking alkanes for fuel
alkanes - fuels 
carbon compounds - thermal cracking of alkanes
alkanes - fuels 
carbon compounds - reforming alkanes for fuel
alkanes - fuels 
alkanes - fuels - air pollution
alkanes - fuels 
alkanes - fuels - acid rain
cycloalkanes 
cycloalkanes - structure
alkenes 
alkenes - structure - homologous series
alkenes 
alkenes - IUPAC nomenclature
alkenes 
alkenes - IUPAC nomenclature - exercise - cis and trans
alkenes 
alkenes - addition of bromine
alkenes 
alkenes - addition of bromine - mechanism
alkenes 
alkenes - addition of hydrogen
alkenes 
alkenes - addition of hydrogen halide
alkenes 
alkenes - addition of hydrogen halide-mechanism
alkenes 
alkenes - addition of hydrogen halide - Markovnikov's rule
alkenes 
alkenes – addition of water
alkenes 
alkenes - addition with concentrated H2SO4 - mechanism
alkenes 
alkenes - oxidation
arenes 
arenes - introduction - benzene
arenes 
arenes - physical properties - melting and boiling points
arenes 
arenes - structure of benzene
arenes 
arenes - electrophilic aromatic substitution - examples
arenes 
arenes - electrophilic aromatic substitution - chlorination
arenes 
arenes - electrophilic aromatic substitution - bromination
arenes 
arenes - electrophilic aromatic substitution - nitration
arenes 
arenes - electrophilic aromatic substitution - sulfonation
arenes 
arenes - electrophilic aromatic substitution - Friedel - Crafts alkylation
arenes 
arenes - electrophilic aromatic substitution - Friedel - Crafts acylation
arenes 
arenes - electrophilic aromatic substitution - exercise
arenes 
arenes - methylbenzene compared with benzene
arenes 
arenes - methylbenzene - activating and deactivating substituents
arenes 
arenes - methylbenzene - chlorination of side chain
arenes 
arenes - methylbenzene - oxidation of side chain
arenes 
arenes - phenol – acidity
arenes 
arenes - phenol - reactions of - OH; sodium and sodium hydroxide
arenes 
arenes - phenol - reactions of - OH; esterification
arenes 
arenes - phenol - test using iron(III) chloride
arenes 
arenes - phenol - reaction of the ring - bromination
arenes 
arenes - phenol - reaction of the ring - nitration
Halogen derivatives
halogenoalkanes 
halogenoalkanes - homologous series - structure
halogenoalkanes 
halogenoalkanes- IUPAC nomenclature
halogenoalkanes 
halogenoalkanes - classification - exercise
halogenoalkanes 
halogenoalkanes – classification
halogenoalkanes 
halogenoalkanes - rate of hydrolysis
halogenoalkanes 
halogenoalkanes - substitution
halogenoalkanes 
halogenoalkanes – elimination or substitution
halogenoalkanes 
halogenoalkanes – chlorofluoroalkanes
halogenoalkanes 
halogenoalkanes – depletion of the ozone layer
halogenoalkanes
halogenoalkanes - substitution reactions - polarity of C-X
halogenoalkanes 
halogenoalkanes - substitution reactions - SN2
halogenoalkanes 
halogenoalkanes - substitution reactions - why not SN2
halogenoalkanes 
halogenoalkanes - substitution reactions - SN1
halogenoalkanes 
substitution reactions: why SN1
halogenoalkanes 
halogenoalkanes - substitution reactions - exercise
Hydroxy compounds
alcohols 
alcohols - homologous series - structure
alcohols 
alcohols - classification
alcohols 
alcohols - breaking the RO-H bond - reaction with sodium
alcohols 
alcohols - breaking the RO-H bond - esterification
alcohols 
alcohols - breaking the RO-H bond - with acyl chlorides
alcohols 
alcohols - halogenation with hydrochloric acid and ZnCl2 catalyst
alcohols 
alcohols - breaking the R-OH bond with PCl5
alcohols 
alcohols - breaking the R-OH bond - with phosphorus and iodine
alcohols 
alcohols - breaking the R-OH bond - with hydrogen halide
alcohols 
alcohols - breaking the R-OH bond - elimination of water using heat
alcohols 
alcohols - elimination of water using concentrated acid
alcohols 
alcohols - elimination of water - mechanism
alcohols 
alcohols - oxidation - structure
alcohols 
alcohols - triiodomethane reaction
Phenol - see arenes
Carbonyl compounds 
carbonyl compounds - nomenclature
Carbonyl compounds 
carbonyl compounds - carbon - oxygen double bond
Carbonyl compounds 
carbonyl compounds - nucleophilic addition
Carbonyl compounds 
carbonyl compounds - reduction
Carbonyl compounds 
carbonyl compounds - oxidation
Carbonyl compounds 
carbonyl compounds - triiodomethane
Carbonyl compounds 
carbonyl compounds - tests - Tollen's reagent
Carbonyl compounds 
carbonyl compounds - tests - Fehling's solution
Carbonyl compounds 
carbonyl compounds - condensation reaction
Carboxylic acids and derivatives 
carboxylic acids – structure
Carboxylic acids and derivatives 
carboxylic acids – making and breaking esters
Carboxylic acids and derivatives 
carboxylic acids – form salts
Carboxylic acids and derivatives 
carboxylic acids – form acyl chloride
Carboxylic acids and derivatives 
carboxylic acids – acid derivatives
Carboxylic acids and derivatives 
acid chlorides – structure
Carboxylic acids and derivatives 
acyl chlorides – compared with halogenoalkanes
Carboxylic acids and derivatives 
acid chlorides – with nucleophile
Carboxylic acids and derivatives 
acyl chlorides - with nucleophiles - mechanism
Carboxylic acids and derivatives 
acid derivatives – acid anhydride
Nitrogen compounds
amides 
amides - nomenclature
amides 
amides - form amines with bromine
amides 
amides - hydrolysis
amides 
amides - physical properties
amides 
amides - reduction
amines 
amines – structure
amines 
amines – classification
amines
amines – compared with ammonia
amines 
amines – boiling temperature
amines 
amines – solubility
amines 
amines – complex ions
amines 
amines – making amines – reduction of nitriles
amines 
amines – making amines – reduction of nitro compounds
amines 
amines – making amines – ammonia and halogenoalkanes
amines 
amines – acting as bases
amines 
amines – with nitric(III) acid
amines 
amines – form amides with acyl chlorides
amines 
amines – coupling reaction
amino acids 
amino acids – structure
amino acids 
amino acids – optical activity
amino acids 
amino acids – acids and bases
amino acids 
amino acids – hydrogen bonding
amino acids 
amino acids – form a peptide
amino acids 
amino acids – hydrolysis of a peptide
nitriles 
nitriles – structure
nitriles 
nitriles – physical properties
nitriles 
nitriles – reduction
nitriles 
nitriles – hydrolysis
nitriles 
nitriles – making nitriles - exercises
proteins 
proteins – primary structure
Polymerisation
polymers 
polymers – addition and condensation
polymers 
polymers – condensation polymers
polymers 
polymers – addition polymers I
polymers 
polymers – natural polymers – rubber
polymers 
polymers – addition polymers II
polymers 
polymers - proteins - wool
polymers 
polymers - polyalkenes - stereoisomers
polymers 
polymers - elastomer
polymers 
polymers - bakelite - nylon - phenol
Chemistry of life
proteins
proteins – primary structure
proteins 
proteins – secondary structure
proteins 
proteins – secondary structure - interactions
proteins 
proteins – secondary structure – interactions
proteins 
proteins - secondary structure - enzyme inhibitors
proteins 
proteins – secondary structure – ionic or salt bridges
proteins 
proteins – secondary structure – exercise
proteins 
proteins – tertiary structure
proteins 
proteins – tertiary structure – hydrophobic groups
proteins 
proteins – quaternary structure – dynamics
proteins 
proteins – quaternary structure - haemoglobin
proteins 
proteins – structure – exercise
proteins 
proteins – enzymes - effect of pH
proteins 
proteins – enzymes - effect of temperature
proteins 
proteins – enzymes – effect of concentration
DNA 
DNA – nucleic acids – model
DNA 
DNA – base pairs and nucleotides
DNA 
DNA – nucleic acids – structure
DNA 
DNA – transcription to mRNA
DNA 
DNA – translation of mRNA to make protein
Analytical chemistry 
analysis and detection - mass spectrometry - fragments
Analytical chemistry 
analysis and detection - mass spectrometer
Analytical chemistry 
analysis and detection – mass spectrometry - exercise
Analytical chemistry 
analysis and detection - infrared spectroscopy
Analytical chemistry 
analysis and detection – low resolution NMR
Analytical chemistry 
analysis and detection – high resolution NMR
Analytical chemistry 
analysis and detection – NMR - exercise
Design and Materials 
reactions - organic synthesis - exercise
Design and Materials 
reactions - exercise - pathways
proteins
proteins – primary structure
proteins
proteins – secondary structure
proteins
proteins – secondary structure - interactions
proteins
proteins – secondary structure – interactions
proteins
proteins - secondary structure - enzyme inhibitors
proteins
proteins – secondary structure – ionic or salt bridges
proteins
proteins – secondary structure – exercise
proteins
proteins – tertiary structure
proteins
proteins – tertiary structure – hydrophobic groups
proteins
proteins – quaternary structure – dynamics
proteins
proteins – quaternary structure - haemoglobin
proteins
proteins – structure – exercise
proteins
proteins – enzymes - effect of pH
proteins
proteins – enzymes - effect of temperature
proteins
proteins – enzymes – effect of concentration
polymers
polymers – addition and condensation
polymers
polymers – condensation polymers
polymers
polymers – addition polymers I
polymers
polymers – natural polymers – rubber
polymers
polymers – addition polymers II
polymers
polymers - proteins - wool
polymers
polymers - polyalkenes - stereoisomers
polymers
polymers - elastomer
polymers
polymers - bakelite - nylon - phenol
Extras
carbohydrates 
carbohydrates - monosaccharides
carbohydrates 
carbohydrates – alpha and beta glucose
carbohydrates 
carbohydrates – disaccharides
carbohydrates 
carbohydrates – polysaccharides
carbohydrates 
carbohydrates – polysaccharides – hydrolysis
carbohydrates 
carbohydrates - reducing sugars - Fehling's test
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