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MAIN TOPIC HEADINGS
• alkanes - fuels
• alkanes & alkenes
• alcohols
• amides
• amines
• amino acids
• analysis and detection
• arenes
• bonding - hybridisation
• carbohydrates
• carbonyl compounds
• carboxylic acids
• DNA
• halogenoalkanes
• isomerism
• nitriles
• polymers
• proteins and enzymes
• reaction pathways
MAIN TOPIC DETAIL for Roger Frost's ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
alkanes - fuels

• fuels - formation of oil
• fuels - fractional distillation
• fuels - fractional distillation - exercise
• alkanes - reactions - combustion
• fuels - octane rating
• fuels - catalytic converter
• fuels - supply and demand
• fuels - isomerisation of alkanes for fuel
• fuels - cracking alkanes for fuel
• carbon compounds - thermal cracking of alkanes
• carbon compounds - reforming alkanes for fuel
• fuels - air pollution
• fuels - acid rain

alkanes - alkenes – see also fuels

• alkanes - structure - homologous series
• hydrocarbons - introduction
• alkanes - cycloalkanes - structure
• alkanes - IUPAC nomenclature
• alkanes - IUPAC nomenclature - parent name
• alkanes - IUPAC nomenclature - longest chain
• alkanes - IUPAC nomenclature - numbering chains
• alkanes - IUPAC nomenclature - substituents
• alkanes - IUPAC nomenclature - exercise
• alkanes - reactions - combustion
• alkanes - reactions - chlorination of methane
• alkanes - free radical substitution - chlorination
• alkanes - free radical substitution - chlorination - summary
• alkanes - free radical substitution - chain reaction
• alkanes - free radical substitution – exercise
• alkanes - free radical substitution - bromination – exercise
• alkenes - structure - homologous series
• alkenes - IUPAC nomenclature
• alkenes - IUPAC nomenclature
• alkenes - IUPAC nomenclature - exercise - cis and trans
• alkenes - boiling points
• alkenes - addition of bromine
• alkenes - addition of bromine - mechanism
• alkenes - addition of hydrogen
• alkenes - addition of hydrogen - fats
• alkenes - addition of hydrogen halide
• alkenes - addition of hydrogen halide-mechanism
• alkenes - addition of hydrogen halide - Markovnikov's rule
• alkenes - addition of water
• alkenes - addition with concentrated H2SO4 - mechanism
• alkenes - addition polymerisation
• alkenes - oxidation

alcohols

• alcohols - homologous series - structure
• alcohols - classification I
• alcohols - classification II
• alcohols - classification - exercise
• boiling points - intermolecular forces
• alcohols - breaking the RO-H bond - reaction with sodium
• alcohols - breaking the RO-H bond - esterification
• alcohols - breaking the RO-H bond - with acyl chlorides
• alcohols - halogenation with hydrochloric acid and ZnCl2
• alcohols - breaking the R-OH bond with PCl5
• alcohols - breaking the R-OH bond - with phosphorus and iodine
• alcohols - breaking the R-OH bond - with hydrogen halide
• alcohols - breaking the R-OH bond - elimination of water using heat
• alcohols - elimination of water using concentrated acid
• alcohols - elimination of water - mechanism
• alcohols - oxidation - structure
• alcohols - oxidation to aldehyde
• alcohols - carboxylic acids from alcohols and aldehydes
• alcohols - triiodomethane reaction
• alcohols - triiodomethane reaction – exercise

amides

• amides - nomenclature
• amides - physical properties
• amides - reduction
• amides - hydrolysis
• amides - form amines with bromine
amino acids
• amino acids – structure
• amino acids – optical activity
• amino acids – acids and bases
• amino acids – hydrogen bonding
• amino acids – form a peptide
• amino acids – hydrolysis of a peptide

amines

• amines - structure
• amines - classification
• amines - compared with ammonia
• amines - solubility
• amines - boiling temperature
• amines - boiling points - exercise
• amines - complex ions
• amines - acting as bases
• amines - with nitric(III) acid
• amines - form amides with acyl chlorides
• amines - coupling reaction
• amines - making amines - reduction of nitriles
• amines - making amines - reduction of nitro compounds
• amines - making amines - ammonia and halogenoalkanes
analysis and detection
• analysis and detection - mass spectrometry - fragments
• analysis and detection - mass spectrometer
• analysis and detection - mass spectrometry - exercise
• analysis and detection - infrared spectroscopy
• analysis and detection - infrared spectroscopy - fingerprint region
• analysis and detection - infrared spectroscopy - use of nujol
• analysis and detection - infrared spectroscopy - interpreting spectra
• analysis and detection - infrared spectroscopy - exercise
• analysis and detection - low resolution NMR
• analysis and detection - high resolution NMR
• analysis and detection - NMR - exercise

arenes

• arenes - introduction - benzene
• arenes - nomenclature - mono-substituted derivatives
• arenes - nomenclature - more than one substituent
• arenes - physical properties - melting and boiling points
• arenes - physical properties - solubility
• arenes - structure of benzene
• arenes - structure of benzene II
• arenes - evidence against the Kekulé structure
• arenes - hybridisation - bonding in benzene
• arenes - structure - exercise
• arenes - electrophilic aromatic substitution - examples
• arenes - electrophilic aromatic substitution - chlorination
• arenes - electrophilic aromatic substitution - bromination
• arenes - electrophilic aromatic substitution - nitration
• arenes - electrophilic aromatic substitution - sulfonation
• arenes - electrophilic aromatic substitution - Friedel - Crafts alkylation
• arenes - electrophilic aromatic substitution - Friedel - Crafts acylation
• arenes - electrophilic aromatic substitution - exercise
• arenes - methylbenzene compared with benzene
• arenes - methylbenzene - activating and deactivating substituents
• arenes - methylbenzene - directing effect of substituents
• arenes - methylbenzene - chlorination of side chain
• arenes - methylbenzene - oxidation of side chain
• arenes - phenol - acidity
• arenes - phenol - reactivity - exercise
• arenes - phenol - reactions of - OH; sodium and sodium hydroxide
• arenes - phenol - reactions of - OH; esterification
• arenes - phenol - reaction of the ring - bromination
• arenes - phenol - reaction of the ring - nitration
• arenes - phenol - test using iron(III) chloride
bonding - hybridisation
• bonding in methane - hybridisation - bond angle
• bonding in methane - hybridisation - carbon electron configuration
• bonding in methane - hybridisation - exercise
• bonding in methane - hybridisation - exercise
• bonding in ethene - hybridisation - bond angle
• bonding in ethene - hybridisation - carbon electron configuration
• bonding in benzene - hybridisation
• bonding in ethyne - hybridisation - bond angle
• bonding in ethyne - hybridisation - carbon electron configuration

carbohydrates

• carbohydrates – disaccharides
• carbohydrates – monosaccharides
• carbohydrates – polysaccharides
• carbohydrates – polysaccharides – hydrolysis
• carbohydrates – reducing sugars – Fehling‟s test
• carbohydrates – a & ß glucose

carbonyl compounds

• carbonyl compounds - nomenclature
• carbonyl compounds - polarity
• carbonyl compounds - carbon - oxygen double bond
• carbonyl compounds - susceptibility to reaction
• carbonyl compounds - nucleophilic addition
• carbonyl compounds - mechanism of nucleophilic addition
• carbonyl compounds - optical isomerism - 2-hydroxypropanenitrile
• carbonyl compounds - reduction
• carbonyl compounds - oxidation
• carbonyl compounds - triiodomethane
• carbonyl compounds - Tollen's reagent
• carbonyl compounds - Fehling's solution
• carbonyl compounds - condensation reaction

carboxylic acids

• carboxylic acids - structure
• carboxylic acids - nomenclature - exercise
• carboxylic acids - dimerisation
• carboxylic acids - dissociation - weak acid
• carboxylic acids - dissociation - strong acid
• carboxylic acids - form salts
• carboxylic acids - resonance and bonding
• carboxylic acids - resonance and bonding II
• carboxylic acids - strength
• carboxylic acids - acidity of chloroacids - exercise
• carboxylic acids - making and breaking esters
• carboxylic acids - form esters
• carboxylic acids - saponification
• carboxylic acids - saponification - model
• carboxylic acids - form acyl chloride
• carboxylic acids - acid derivatives
• acid chlorides - structure
• acyl chlorides - compared with halogenoalkanes
• acid chlorides - with nucleophile
• acyl chlorides - with nucleophiles - mechanism
• acid derivatives - acid anhydride

DNA

• DNA – base pairs and nucleotides
• DNA – nucleic acids – model
• DNA – nucleic acids – structure
• DNA – transcription to mRNA
• DNA – translation of mRNA to make protein

halogenoalkanes

• halogenoalkanes - homologous series - structure
• halogenoalkanes- IUPAC nomenclature
• halogenoalkanes - classification
• halogenoalkanes - classification - exercise
• halogenoalkanes - rate of hydrolysis
• halogenoalkanes - substitution
• halogenoalkanes - elimination or substitution
• halogenoalkanes - elimination - unsymmetric halogenoalkanes
• halogenoalkanes - reaction with alkali - exercise
• halogenoalkanes - substitution reactions - polarity of C-X
• halogenoalkanes - substitution reactions - strength of C-X
• halogenoalkanes - substitution reactions - SN2
• halogenoalkanes - substitution reactions - why not SN2
• halogenoalkanes - substitution reactions - SN1
• halogenoalkanes - substitution reactions: why SN1
• halogenoalkanes - substitution reactions - exercise
• halogenoalkanes - chlorofluoroalkanes
• halogenoalkanes - depletion of the ozone layer

isomerism

• isomerism - structural isomerism - introduction I
• isomerism - structural isomerism - introduction II
• isomerism - structural isomerism - exercise - pentane
• isomerism - structural isomerism - chain isomerism
• isomerism - structural isomerism - position isomerism
• isomerism - structural isomerism - exercise
• isomerism - structural isomerism - functional group isomerism
• isomerism - stereoisomerism - geometric isomerism - bond rotation
• isomerism - stereoisomerism - geometric isomerism - restricted rotation
• isomerism - stereoisomerism - geometric isomerism
• isomerism - stereoisomerism - geometric isomerism - exercises
• isomerism - stereoisomerism - geometric isomerism - retinal
• isomerism - stereoisomerism - geometric isomerism - fluoroethene
• isomerism - stereoisomerism - optical isomerism - chiral carbon
• isomerism - stereoisomerism - optical isomerism - non-superimposable
• isomerism - stereoisomerism - optical isomerism - enantiomers
• isomerism - stereoisomerism - optical isomerism - optical activity
• isomerism - stereoisomerism - optical isomerism – limonene

nitriles - structure

• nitriles - physical properties
• nitriles - reduction
• nitriles - hydrolysis
• nitriles - making nitriles - exercises
polymers
• polymers - addition polymers II - examples
• polymers - addition and condensation
• polymers - addition polymers I - free radical
• polymers - natural polymers - rubber
• polymers - polyalkenes - stereoisomers
• polymers - condensation polymers - polyester
• polymers - condensation polymers - polyamide
• polymers - making nylon - phenol
• polymers - bakelite - phenol
• polymers - proteins - wool
• polymers - elastomer

proteins - enzymes

• proteins - primary structure
• proteins - secondary structure - interactions
• proteins - secondary structure
• proteins - secondary structure - exercise
• proteins - structure - exercise
• proteins - tertiary structure
• proteins - tertiary structure - hydrophobic groups
• proteins - secondary structure - ionic or salt bridges
• proteins - quaternary structure - haemoglobin
• proteins - secondary structure - interactions
• proteins - enzymes - secondary structure - inhibitors
• proteins - enzymes - effect of pH
• proteins - enzymes - effect of temperature
• proteins - enzymes - effect of concentration

reaction pathways

• reactions - organic synthesis – exercise
• reactions - synthesis pathways – exercise

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