Organic Chemistry
11 terms
Alcohol
An organic compound containing a hydroxyl group bonded to a saturated carbon atom.
Organic ChemistryAldehyde
A compound containing a carbonyl group bonded to at least one hydrogen atom, so it lies at the end of a chain.
Organic ChemistryAldol Condensation
The base-catalysed reaction of two carbonyl compounds to give a beta-hydroxy carbonyl, which often dehydrates to an enone.
Organic ChemistryAlkane
A saturated hydrocarbon containing only single carbon–carbon bonds.
Organic ChemistryAlkene
An unsaturated hydrocarbon containing at least one carbon–carbon double bond.
Organic ChemistryAlkyne
An unsaturated hydrocarbon containing at least one carbon–carbon triple bond.
Organic ChemistryAmide
A compound in which a carbonyl group is bonded directly to nitrogen.
Organic ChemistryAmine
A compound derived from ammonia by replacing one or more hydrogens with alkyl or aryl groups.
Organic ChemistryAnti-Markovnikov Addition
Addition in which the hydrogen attaches to the carbon bearing fewer hydrogens, reversing the normal regiochemistry.
Organic ChemistryArene
An aromatic hydrocarbon containing one or more benzene rings.
Organic ChemistryAromaticity
The special stability of planar cyclic molecules with a continuous, fully conjugated system of delocalised pi electrons.