organic Chemistry
HOME
ALKANE
STRUCTURAL ISOMER
CYCLOALKANE
HALO GROUP
ALKENE
ALKYNE
ALCOHOL
OTHER FUNCTIONAL GROUPS
Organic Chemistry
is defined as the Chemistry of
CARBON
compounds
Because of the immense number of organic compounds,
Orgainc Chemistry is considered to be one of the major branches of Chemistry
Basic Knowledge in Organic Chemistry
CARBON
Carbon has
4 valence electrons
, so it has
4 bonds
Hydrogen
Hydrogen has
1 valence electron
, so it has
1 bond
General
Compounds containing only carbon and hydrogen atoms number in the hundreds of thousands and the option of adding other atoms
Chains
Carbon forms chains involving several carbon atoms linked to each other in a
straight - line
, in a
circular pattern
, or in a
branched pattern
kinds Of Bonds
The carbon atoms may form
single
,
double
or
triple
bonds to neighboring atoms
HOME
ALKANE
STRUCTURAL ISOMER
CYCLOALKANE
HALO GROUP
ALKENE
ALKYNE
ALCOHOL
OTHER FUNCTIONAL GROUPS