Chemistry · Chapter 20

Organic Chemistry

Carbon, and the families it builds

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Six lessons cover this chapter, one for each section. Open any of them on its own below, or meet it in place inside chapter 20 of the book. Tick a lesson off once you can predict what it will do before you touch it.

1

Alkanes and isomers

Build carbon chains and branch them into isomers.

2

Alkenes and alkynes

Add and remove bonds and compare addition with substitution.

3

Aromatic compounds

Delocalize benzene's electrons and see why it is stable.

4

Alcohols and ethers

Spot the functional group and predict boiling point and solubility.

5

Aldehydes, ketones, acids and esters

Compare the carbonyl families and their reactions.

6

Amines, amides and polymers

Link monomers into addition and condensation polymers.

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