Introduction

[Tahmid]

Ok, our teacher has a weird style of teaching. Before teaching anything, she tests us on our knowledge. So, we are learning organic chemistry. And I want to know what I should know before the class. If anyone could help, it would be especially appreciated...

[MulderMan]

What age/level are you at?

 

A few things to look up:

 

Functional groups (and bonding rules):

-alkenes

-alkanes

-alkynes

-amines

-alcohols

-aldehydes

-keytones

-nitriles

-ethers

-esters

 

Nomenclature

 

Isomerism (functional group, positional, geometric, optical)

 

Mechanisms

-nucelophillic/electrophillic addition/substitution

 

Aromaticity

 

Spectroscopy (n.m.r., IR, mass spec)

 

Tests for organic compounds...

 

CURLY ARROWS!!! and ELECTRONS

 

Haha, theres alot of things!

Thats pretty much the spec. for circa 16-18 year olds, or so I should think/hope!

 

Once you start to learn the basics, like bonding rules (i.e. carbon=4, oxygen=2 etc), nomenclature (the naming system) and basic mechanisms, and the concept of moving electrons with curly arrows you are set!

[Tahmid]

16/18!

I study in class(standard in the US, I think), 7 and I'm only 13!

[MulderMan]

Oh... you do organic chemistry at that age?!!!

Thats crazy.

I cant even think what I was doing in science at that age?!

Hmm..

[insane_alien]

when i was thirteen we just got general chemistry, we didn't study its various branches.

 

i was still fascinated by blowing stuff up around that age.

[thedarkshade]

Oh... you do organic chemistry at that age?!!!

Thats crazy.

Where I come from, we took organic chemistry in the 8th class, when I was 14. It was not that advanced though.

I think it was since then that I hate organic chemistry. It is indeed boring.

[Tahmid]

So, how old are you?

I know that alkane, alkene and alkyne vary because of the bonding.

But could anyone make me understand bonding?

What is bonding? Single bonding? Double bonding? Triple bonding?

Any help would be appreciated.

[Mr Skeptic]

Ok, our teacher has a weird style of teaching. Before teaching anything, she tests us on our knowledge. So, we are learning organic chemistry. And I want to know what I should know before the class. If anyone could help, it would be especially appreciated...

 

So, you figure that if you can pretend that you know all the simple stuff, she'll skip ahead to the more advanced stuff? What you should know is what she taught in class, or assigned as homework or reading.

[Tahmid]

In class, we learnt the structural formula and the different hydrocarbons, depending on the number of carbon atoms. Thanks to MulderMan, I was prepared. So, what should I know next? Could someone please help...........

[thedarkshade]

I know that alkane, alkene and alkyne vary because of the bonding.

Yes, basically!

 

But could anyone make me understand bonding?

What is bonding? Single bonding? Double bonding? Triple bonding?

Any help would be appreciated.

(a chemical bond is the force that keeps the atoms together).

Carbon is tetravalent, which means that it can make four bonds. In can be bonded with four other atoms by a singe bond, like in alkanes. It can be bonded by two atoms with a double bond, like in alkenes. And it can be bonded by two atoms , one a triple one and one a single bond.

There also can be combinations but the aim is to complete the tetravalence.