"Organic chemistry is a subdiscipline within chemistry involving the scientific study of the structure, properties, and reactions of organic compounds and organic materials."
This topic covers the chemistry of organic compounds, including functional groups, isomerism, and reaction mechanisms.
Atomic structure and bonding: Understanding the behavior of atoms and how they form bonds with each other.
Functional groups: Learning about the common organic functional groups and how they affect the properties of organic molecules.
Isomerism: Understanding the different types of isomerism (structural, stereoisomerism) and their importance in organic chemistry.
Nomenclature: Learning how to name organic molecules in a consistent and systematic way.
Acid-base chemistry: Understanding how organic molecules can act as acids or bases and how this affects their reactivity.
Alkanes: Learning about the properties and reactions of alkanes, including combustion reactions and substitution reactions.
Alkenes: Understanding the properties and reactions of alkenes, including addition reactions and polymerization reactions.
Alkynes: Learning about the properties and reactions of alkynes, including addition reactions and acidity.
Aromatic compounds: Understanding the properties and reactions of aromatic compounds, including electrophilic aromatic substitution reactions.
Alcohols, ethers, and thiols: Learning about the properties and reactions of these functional groups, including oxidation and reduction reactions.
Carbonyl compounds: Understanding the properties and reactions of carbonyl compounds, including aldehydes, ketones, and carboxylic acids.
Amines: Learning about the properties and reactions of amines, including basicity and nucleophilicity.
Carbohydrates: Understanding the structure and function of carbohydrates in biological systems.
Lipids: Learning about the structure and function of lipids, including fatty acids, triglycerides, and phospholipids.
Proteins: Understanding the structure and function of proteins, including amino acid structure, peptide bonds, and protein folding.
Nucleic acids: Learning about the structure and function of DNA and RNA in genetic information transfer and protein synthesis.
Spectroscopy: Understanding the use of spectroscopic techniques, including IR and NMR, in determining the structure of organic molecules.
Organic synthesis: Learning about the general strategies and techniques used in organic synthesis to make complex organic molecules.
"Study of structure determines their structural formula."
"Study of properties includes physical and chemical properties, and evaluation of chemical reactivity to understand their behavior."
"The study of organic reactions includes the chemical synthesis of natural products, drugs, and polymers, and study of individual organic molecules in the laboratory and via theoretical (in silico) study."
"The range of chemicals studied in organic chemistry includes hydrocarbons (compounds containing only carbon and hydrogen) as well as compounds based on carbon, but also containing other elements, especially oxygen, nitrogen, sulfur, phosphorus, and the halogens."
"Organometallic chemistry is the study of compounds containing carbon–metal bonds."
"Contemporary research focuses on organic chemistry involving other organometallics including the lanthanides, but especially the transition metals zinc, copper, palladium, nickel, cobalt, titanium, and chromium."
"Organic compounds form the basis of all earthly life and constitute the majority of known chemicals."
"The bonding patterns of carbon, with its valence of four—formal single, double, and triple bonds, plus structures with delocalized electrons—make the array of organic compounds structurally diverse."
"They form the basis of, or are constituents of, many commercial products including pharmaceuticals; petrochemicals and agrichemicals, and products made from them including lubricants, solvents; plastics; fuels and explosives."
"The study of organic chemistry overlaps organometallic chemistry and biochemistry, but also with medicinal chemistry, polymer chemistry, and materials science."
"Organic chemistry is a subdiscipline within chemistry involving the scientific study of the structure, properties, and reactions of organic compounds and organic materials, i.e., matter in its various forms that contain carbon atoms."
"Organic chemistry is a subdiscipline within chemistry involving the scientific study of the structure, properties, and reactions of organic compounds and organic materials, i.e., matter in its various forms that contain carbon atoms."
"The bonding patterns of carbon, with its valence of four—formal single, double, and triple bonds, plus structures with delocalized electrons—make the array of organic compounds structurally diverse."
"The range of chemicals studied in organic chemistry includes hydrocarbons, as well as compounds based on carbon but also containing other elements."
"The study of organic reactions includes the chemical synthesis of natural products, drugs, and polymers, and study of individual organic molecules in the laboratory and via theoretical (in silico) study."
"Contemporary research focuses on organic chemistry involving other organometallics including the lanthanides, but especially the transition metals zinc, copper, palladium, nickel, cobalt, titanium, and chromium."
"They form the basis of, or are constituents of, many commercial products including pharmaceuticals, petrochemicals, and agrichemicals, and products made from them including lubricants, solvents, plastics, fuels, and explosives."
"The study of organic chemistry overlaps organometallic chemistry and biochemistry, but also with medicinal chemistry, polymer chemistry, and materials science."
"The range of chemicals studied in organic chemistry includes hydrocarbons as well as compounds based on carbon, but also containing other elements, especially oxygen, nitrogen, sulfur, phosphorus, and the halogens."