Course curriculum

  • 1

    Benzene

    • 01 Naming compounds with 2 functional groups

    • 02 Benzene properties, reactivity and naming

    • 03 Evidence that benzene does not have C=C bonds

    • 04 Free radical addition of benzene by Cl2 or Br2 or H2

    • 05 Activating and deactivating the benzene ring

    • 06 Electrophilic substitution of Br2 to benzene

    • 07 Nitration of Benzene

    • 08 Friedel-Crafts alkylation of benene

    • 09 Friedel-Crafts acylation of benzene

    • 10 Reactivity of methylbenzene

    • 11 Oxidation of a side-chain in arenes

    • 12 Free racidal substitution of the methyl side chain

    • 13 Electrophilic substitution of methyl benzene with Cl2

    • 14 Melting point of hydroxybenzoic acid

    • Benzene Questions
  • 2

    Phenol

    • 15 Phenol structure

    • 16 Phenol with excess Br2

    • 17 Phenol with excess nitric acid

    • 18 Phenol with NaOH and Na

    • 19 Phenol forming esters

    • 20 Factors affecting the strengh of a weak acid

    • 21 Relative acidity of water and ethanoic acid and phenol

    • Phenol Questions
  • 3

    Oxidation of methanoic acid & ethanedioic acid

    • 22 Oxidation of methanoic acid and ethanedioic acid

    • Oxidation of methanoic acid & ethanedioic acid Questions
  • 4

    Acyl chloride

    • 24 Reaction of acyl chloride with water

    • 25 Reaction of acyl chlorides with alcohols

    • 26 Esterification of phenol and benzoyl chloride

    • 27 Reaction of acyl chlorides with ammonia

    • 28 Reaction of acyl chlorides with primary amines

    • 29 Naming amides

    • 23 Making an acyl chloride from a carboxylic acid

    • 30 Hydrolysis of acyl chlorides, chloroalkanes and aryl chlorides

    • Acyl chloride Questions
  • 5

    Amines

    • 31 Naming amines

    • 32 Preparation of amines

    • 33 Properties of amines

    • 34 Basicity of amines

    • 35 Formation and reaction of phenylamine

    • 36 Benzenediazonium compounds

    • 37 Reactions of amides

    • 38 Basicity of amides

    • Amine Questions
  • 6

    Amino acids

    • 38 Amino acids

    • 39 Reactions and properties of Amino acids

    • 40 Hydrolysis of proteins

    • 41 Electrophoresis

    • Amino acid Questions
  • 7

    Polymerisation

    • 42 Condensation polymerisation - polyamides

    • 44 Condensation polymerisation - Terylene

    • 45 Monomers making an addition polymer

    • 49 Polymers which conduct electricity

    • 50 Biodegradability

    • Polymerisation Questions
  • 8

    Chromatography & GC

    • 51 Chromatography

    • 53 GC or GLC

    • Chromatography, GC & HPLC Questions
  • 9

    Mass spectrum

    • 55 Mass spectra, molecular ion & fragmentation patterns

    • 56 Number of C atoms from the M and M+1 peak

    • 57 M+2 peak

    • Mass spectrum Questions
  • 10

    NMR

    • 58 What is NMR?

    • 59 Solvents & the standard used in NMR

    • 60 H enironments

    • 61 What does low resolution HNMR indicate

    • 62 13C environments

    • 63 High resolution NMR

    • 64 Splitting pattern & relative area below the peak

    • 65 Identifying O-H or N-H protons using D2O

    • NMR Questions
  • 11

    Stereoselectivity

    • 66 Stereoselectivity

  • 12

    AS & A2 Organic reactions

    • 67 Increasing and decreasing carbon chain length

    • 68 AS and A2 Reactions