Organic Chemistry (OCR A-Level Chemistry A): Flashcards

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Organic chemistry
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Branch of chemistry studying carbon compounds

Organic chemistry

Chemist who synthesised urea in 1828

Friedrich Wöhler

Carbon's group in periodic table

Group 14

Electrons in carbon's outer shell

Four

Compound containing carbon and hydrogen only

Hydrocarbon

Hydrocarbons with only single C-C bonds

Saturated hydrocarbons

Hydrocarbons with at least one C-C multiple bond

Unsaturated hydrocarbons

Family of compounds differing by \ceCH2\ce{CH2} units

Homologous series

Part determining molecule's chemical properties

Functional group

Functional group in alcohols

\ceOH\ce{-OH} (hydroxyl group)

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