Elucidating Organic Molecules
- You are expected to be able to identify organic functional groups, their properties, how to test for their presence and how they are made
Functional groups
- The table below summarises the tests to identify the presence of certain functional groups and the reactions to make them
Functional groups, their reactions & identifying tests table
Types of reactions
- You should also be aware of the different type of reactions that functional groups can undergo
Reactions of functional groups table
Oxidising & reducing agents
- Certain functional groups only react with specific oxidising and reducing agents which you should be aware of
Oxidising & reducing agents table
Tests
- The test also requires you to distinguish between the different tests that identify functional groups in a compound
Tests identifying functional groups in a compound table
Worked example: Elucidating organic molecules
