Category: Organic chemistry

Carboxylic acids are an organic compound. They are not hydrocarbons because they also contain O (Oxygen). Learn how to name them and write their molecular formulas and draw them.

A polymer is a structure made from many repeating units called monomers. In organic chemistry, you learn about many polymers that are plastics. For example, plastic bags and PVC are common polymers.

Alkanes of the same formula can have different arrangements of atoms. This is what isomers are. Learn how to find all the isomers of organic compounds and how to name the isomers and draw them.

Combustion is when a substance is burnt in oxygen and produces CO2 and H2O. Learn about complete and incomplete combustion and how to write and balance the equations.

Alkanes and alkenes look and smell the same. So, you won’t know the difference unless you perform an experiment. This works because the reactions of alkanes and alkenes aren’t the same.

Alkanes form part of substitution reactions whereas alkanes usually involves addition reactions. Learn all these reactions in one place with explanations in words, examples and formulas!

Alcohols are organic compounds that come from crude oil. Learn how to name them and write their molecular formulas, condensed formulas, and displayed formulas.

Alkanes are organic compounds that come from crude oil. Learn how to name alkanes and write their molecular formulas, condensed l, and displayed formulas.

Alkanes are organic compounds that come from crude oil. Learn how to name alkanes and write their molecular formulas, condensed formulas, and displayed formulas.

Crude oil is a mixture of different types of hydrocarbons, so we need a way to separate them. There are different stages of refining crude oil, fractional distillation is the first step. It depends on the boiling point of a substance.