A-level Chemistry/OCR (Salters)/Organic compounds

The organic compounds covered in Salters Advanced Chemistry can be classified as follows:


 * hydrocarbons
 * aliphatic hydrocarbons
 * alkanes
 * cycloalkanes
 * alkenes
 * alkynes
 * aromatic hydrocarbons (arenes)
 * haloalkanes
 * alcohols
 * alkoxides
 * ethers
 * amines
 * ammonium salts
 * nitriles
 * nitro compounds
 * diazonium salts
 * azo compounds
 * sulfonic acids
 * sulfonates
 * carbonyl compounds
 * aldehydes
 * ketones
 * carboxylic acids and their derivatives
 * carboxylic acids
 * carboxylates
 * acid anhydrides
 * acyl chlorides
 * esters
 * amides
 * amino acids

These groups of compounds each contain one functional group.