Cambridge AS & A Level Chemistry
29.1Formulas, functional groups and the naming of organic compounds
Formulas, functional groups and the naming of organic compounds in Cambridge AS & A Level Chemistry: what the syllabus expects you to know, the learning objectives and how to practise.
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Overview
Aromatic naming is taught in the benzene lesson (29.3); the other A Level classes are named in their own lessons.
Learning objectives
What the syllabus expects you to be able to do.
- 29.1.1Recognise that the functional groups of arenes, halogenoarenes, phenols, acyl chlorides, amines, amides and amino acids dictate their properties.
- 29.1.2Use general, structural, displayed and skeletal formulae of these classes.
- 29.1.3Name simple aliphatic molecules with these groups, including single rings of up to six carbons.
- 29.1.4Name simple aromatic molecules with one benzene ring and simple substituents.
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