Outline of organic chemistry
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to organic chemistry:
Organic chemistry – scientific study of the structure, properties, composition, reactions, and preparation (by synthesis or by other means) of carbon-based compounds, hydrocarbons, and their derivatives. These compounds may contain any number of other elements, including hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen, the halogens as well as phosphorus, silicon, and sulfur.[1][2][3]
General topics
- History of organic chemistry
Current trends
Current trends (as of 2008) in organic chemistry include:
- Chiral synthesis
Concepts
- Acids and bases
- Brønsted-Lowry acids and bases
- Acid dissociation constants
- Lewis acids and bases
- Molecular structure
- Aromaticity
- Chemical bonding
- Covalent bonding
- Lewis model
- Molecule shapes
- Bond angles
- Resonance structures
- Conjugated systems
- Functional groups
- Stereochemistry
- Conformational isomerism
- Diastereomer
- Stereoisomerism
- Chirality
- Optical activity
- Enantiomers
- Spectroscopy
- Infrared spectroscopy
- Mass spectrometry
- NMR spectroscopy
Chemical species
- Acetals
- Hemiacetals
- Thioacetals
- Ketals
- Alkanes and cycloalkanes
- Carbonyl compounds
- Acid anhydride
- Acyl halides
- Aldehydes
- Amides
- Carboxylic acids
- Enones
- Esters
- Imides
- Ketones
- Organometallic compounds
Reactions
See also List of organic reactions
- Cyclization
- Elimination reaction
- Beta elimination
- E1cB elimination reaction
See also
References
- ↑ Robert T. Morrison, Robert N. Boyd, and Robert K. Boyd, Organic Chemistry, 6th edition (Benjamin Cummings, 1992, ISBN 0-13-643669-2) - this is "Morrison and Boyd", a classic textbook
- ↑ John D. Roberts, Marjorie C. Caserio, Basic Principles of Organic Chemistry,(W. A. Benjamin, Inc. ,1964) - another classic textbook
- ↑ Richard F. and Sally J. Daley, Organic Chemistry, Online organic chemistry textbook. Ochem4free.info
External links
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At Wikiversity you can learn more and teach others about organic chemistry at: |
- Organic Chemistry Lectures, Videos and Text
- Virtual Textbook of Organic Chemistry
- Organic Families and Their Functional Groups
- Roger Frost's Organic Chemistry - multimedia teaching tools
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