L3+Organic+Chemistry

__**Past Paper Questions:** (NB - Standard has changed in 2013)__ __Naming Organic Compounds__

General Info and Breakdown of the different organic functional groups: see [|here] Ignore nitriles..

[|Adrenaline and Methamphetamine Functional Groups] [|Quiz]

__Isomerism:__ media type="custom" key="23317866" width="112" height="103" [|Chirality] [|Isomerism Tutorial] [|Practise Building Isomers!] with this online isomer construction tool.

[|Drawing Optical Isomers] - since looking through your practise papers - make sure you are aware of how to draw optical isomers (aka enantiomers)

__Alcohols and their Reactions:__ [|Alcohols and ethers] [|Oxidation of Alcohols] media type="youtube" key="vUQUVoTV5Ys" height="345" width="420"

__Haloalkanes:__

__Esters__ Formation - Reaction of Alcohol and Carboxylic acid [|Hydrolysis] - breaking down into alcohol and carboxylic acid by reaction with NaOH

__**Reaction Pathways:**__ Organic Synthesis Explorer - an online mindmap created as you explore the various reactions that can occur from/to butane. Great for reviewing reagents, reactants and products formed through substitution, elimination, addition and oxidation.