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Organic Chemistry

Homologous series, including alkanes, alkenes, alcohols, and carboxylic acids

Organic Compounds

• Alkanes
  • Methane
  • Ethane
  • Propane
  • Butane
• Alkenes
  • Ethene
  • Propene
  • Butene
• Alcohols
  • Methanol
  • Ethanol
  • Propanol
  • Butanol
• Carboxylic Acids
  • Methanoic Acid
  • Ethanoic Acid
  • Propanoic Acid
  • Butanoic Acid

Homologous Series

• Functional Group

Representing Organic Compounds

• General Formula
• Structural Formula
• Structural Diagram
• Ball and Stick Model

Simple Reactions of alkanes, alkenes, and alcohols

• Reactions of Alkanes
• Reactions of Alkenes
• Reactions of Alcohols
• Reactions of Carboxylic Acids

Synthetic and naturally occurring polymers including DNA

• Polymer
• Monomer
• Polymerisation
  • Addition Polymerisation
  • Condensation Polymerisation
• DNA
  • Nucleotides
• Sugars
  • Polysaccharides
  • Monosaccharides
• Amino Acids
  • Proteins

References

OCR

Organic chemistry, pages 230-247, Gateway GCSE Chemistry, Oxford, OCR