Basic Organic Chemistry Menu

Includes basic electronic structure, bonding in methane, ethene, benzene and carbonyl compounds, and ideas about electronegativity and bond polarity.

Includes how to name and draw organic compounds, and the use of curly arrows in reaction mechanisms.

Includes structural isomerism and stereoisomerism (both geometric and optical).

Includes the acid strengths of carboxylic acids, phenols and alcohols, and the base strengths of primary amines.