List of organic chemistry topics
This is a
list of organic chemistry topics. This page should serve as the starting point for a well-balanced understading of
organic chemistry. For a textbook, see wikibooks:Organic chemistry.
Chemical species
Chemical bonding
- Covalent bonding Lewis model molecule shapes bond angles functional groups polar and nonpolar molecules resonance structures
Alkanes and cycloalkanes
- Alkane conformation
Alkenes
- Alkene structure alkene properties alkene nomenclature alkene preparation terpene hydrocarbons alkene reactions
Alkynes
Acids and bases
- Bronsted-Lowry acids and bases, acid dissociation constants Lewis acids and bases relative strengths of acids and bases
Alcohols and alkyl halides, diols, thiols
Arenes and aromacicity
Ethers, epoxides, and sulfides
Aldehydes and ketones
Enols, enolate anions, enamines
Carboxylic acids
Carboxylic acid derivatives
Ester enolates
Amines
Aryl halides
Aromatics, benzene, phenols, aromatic derivatives
Carbohydrates
Lipids
Amino acids, peptides, proteins
Nucleic acids
Organometallic compounds
Reactions
Alkene reactions
Elimination reactions
Nucleophilic substitution
Beta elimination
Electrophilic aromatic substitution
Other concepts
Chirality
- Stereoisomerism chemical chirality naming stereocenters stereoisomer properties optical activity enantiomers chirality in biology
Infrared spectroscopy
Mass spectrometry
Conjugated systems