Outline of organic chemistry

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Organic chemistry is a discipline within chemistry which involves the scientific study of the structure, properties, composition, reactions, and preparation (by synthesis or by other means) of chemical compounds that contain carbon. These compounds may contain any number of other elements^[1][2][3], and multi-carbon compounds exhibit an extremely large variety. The range of application of organic compounds is enormous, and they are used in paints, plastics, food, explosives, drugs, petrochemicals, to name but a few) and (apart from a very few exceptions) they form the basis of all earthly life processes.

The original definition of "organic" chemistry came from the misconception that organic compounds were always related to life processes. However, organic molecules can be produced by processes not involving life, and life as we know it also depends on inorganic chemistry.

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to organic chemistry:

Contents 1 Essence of organic chemistry 2 Branches of organic chemistry 2.1 Current trends 3 History of organic chemistry 4 Chemical species 5 Reactions 6 Other concepts 7 Persons influential in the field of organic chemistry 7.1 Organic chemistry scholars 8 Organic chemistry lists 9 See also 10 References 11 External links

[edit] Essence of organic chemistry

Main article: Organic chemistry

[edit] Branches of organic chemistry

[edit] Current trends

Current trends (as of 2008) in organic chemistry include:

• chiral synthesis
• green chemistry
• microwave chemistry
• fullerenes
• microwave spectroscopy.

[edit] History of organic chemistry

Main article: History of organic chemistry

[edit] Chemical species

• Acids and bases
  • Bronsted-Lowry acids and bases, acid dissociation constants Lewis acids and bases relative strengths of acids and bases

• Alcohols and alkyl halides, diols, thiols

• Aldehydes and ketones

• Alkanes and cycloalkanes
  • Alkane conformation

• Alkenes
  • Alkene structure alkene properties alkene nomenclature alkene preparation terpene hydrocarbons alkene reactions

• Alkynes

• Amines

• Amino acids, peptides, proteins

• Aromatics, benzene, phenols, aromatic derivatives

• Aromatic hydrocarbons and aromaticity

• Aryl halides

• Carbohydrates

• Carboxylic acids

• Carboxylic acid derivatives

• Chemical bonding
  • Covalent bonding Lewis model molecule shapes bond angles functional groups polar and nonpolar molecules resonance structures

• Enols, enolate anions, enamines

• Ester enolates

• Ethers, epoxides, and sulfides

• Lipids

• Nucleic acids

• Organometallic compounds

[edit] Reactions

• Alkene reactions

• Beckmann rearrangement

• Beta elimination

• Electrophilic aromatic substitution

• Elimination reactions

• Nucleophilic substitution
  • S_N1 reaction
  • S_N2 reaction

[edit] Other concepts

• Chirality

• Conjugated systems

• Infrared spectroscopy

• Mass spectrometry

• • Stereoisomerism chemical chirality naming stereocenters stereoisomer properties optical activity enantiomers chirality in biology

[edit] Persons influential in the field of organic chemistry

[edit] Organic chemistry scholars

[edit] Organic chemistry lists

• Important publications in organic chemistry
• List of organic reactions

[edit] See also

[edit] References

[edit] External links

At Wikiversity you can learn more and teach others about organic chemistry at: The Department of organic chemistry

• MIT OpenCourseWare: Organic Chemistry I
• Organic Chemistry Lectures, Videos and Text
• Journal of Organic Chemistry (subscription required) (Table of Contents)
• Organic Letters (Table of Contents)
• Synlett
• Synthesis
• Organic Chemistry Portal - Recent Abstracts and (Name)Reactions
• Home of a full, online, peer-reviewed organic chemistry text.
• Virtual Textbook of Organic Chemistry
• Organic Chemistry Resources WorldWide - A collection of Links
• Organic Families and Their Functional Groups
• Roger Frost's Organic Chemistry - multimedia teaching tools
• Organic chemistry help
• Organic Chemistry Tutor
• Chemical Freeware on http://www.acdlabs.com
• Chemical Freeware from ChemAxon.
• Organic chemistry help-Best of the Web 2008

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