An introduction to AS Level organic chemistry

Worked examples (6)

• 1Naming a branched alcohol (2 marks)
• 2Molecular and empirical formula (2 marks)
• 3Functional groups and series (3 marks)
• 4Naming a branched halogenoalkane (3 marks)
• 5Representing a molecule (3 marks)
• 6Naming with functional-group priority (3 marks)

Worked examples (6)

• 1Classifying reactions (3 marks)
• 2Nucleophile or electrophile? (2 marks)
• 3Type of bond fission (2 marks)
• 4Oxidation, hydrolysis, condensation (3 marks)
• 5Curly arrows for nucleophilic attack (4 marks)
• 6Reactive intermediates and fission (3 marks)

Worked examples (6)

• 1σ and π bonds in a molecule (2 marks)
• 2Shape around a saturated carbon (2 marks)
• 3Hybridisation and shape in propene (3 marks)
• 4Why ethene is planar (3 marks)
• 5Restricted rotation about C=C (3 marks)
• 6Orbital overlap in a C=C bond (4 marks)

Worked examples (6)

• 1Classifying structural isomers (3 marks)
• 2Does it show cis–trans? (2 marks)
• 3Identifying a chiral centre (3 marks)
• 4Drawing structural isomers (3 marks)
• 5Enantiomers and racemic mixtures (4 marks)
• 6All isomers of C₄H₈ (4 marks)