General information

• Organic Chemistry


  Branch of chemistry that deals with carbon compounds
• Carbon

  • Has four covalent bonds
  • Over 20 million organic compounds
  • Can form single, double, and triple bonds
  • Forms bonds with O, H, N, and the halogens
• Hydrocarbons


  Contains hydrogen and carbon only

  Most organic compounds are derived from hydrocarbons
• Hydrocarbons (divided into two)

  • Aliphatic - does not contain the benzene ring
  • Aromatic Hydrocarbon - contains one or more benzene rings
• What are benzene rings?


  An organic chemical compound with the molecular formula C6H6
• Alkenes are unsaturated hydrocarbons, meaning they have fewer H-C bonds than possible.
• The general formula for alkanes is CnH2n+2
• The general formula for alkenes is CnH2n
• The general formula for alkynes is CnH2n-2
• Aromatic Hydrocarbons


  A class of hydrocarbons whose molecules contain a ring of six carbon atoms (benzyl ring) attached.

  
• (Under) Aromatic hydrocarbons


  Benzene ring (C6H6)

  
• (Under) Aromatic hydrocarbons - Phenyl ring


  Group containing benzene but less than one H (C6H5)