Classification, Nomenclature and Isomerism

Name: Classification, Nomenclature and Isomerism
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The shapes of carbon compounds and the ways to draw them. Classification, functional groups and homologous series, the IUPAC rules for naming, and the kinds of structural and spatial isomerism.

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Lesson 1about 25 min
Carbon, shapes and structural formulae
Carbon forms millions of compounds because it has four bonds, joins to itself in chains and rings, and makes single, double and triple bonds. Its bonds point in set directions: sp3 tetrahedral, sp2 planar, sp linear. A structure can be written in full, in condensed form, as a bond-line drawing or in three dimensions.
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Lesson 2about 25 min
Classification and IUPAC nomenclature
Organic compounds are open chain or cyclic, and saturated or unsaturated. A functional group sets the chemistry, and a homologous series is a family that differs by a $\text{CH}_{2}$ unit. The IUPAC name is built from the longest chain, a prefix for each branch, a suffix for the principal functional group, and lowest locants.
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Lesson 3about 25 min
Isomerism
Isomers have the same molecular formula and different structures. Structural isomers differ in how the atoms are joined: chain, position, functional group, metamerism and tautomerism. Stereoisomers join the same way but differ in space: geometrical (cis and trans) and optical, which needs a chiral carbon.
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Classification, Nomenclature and Isomerism

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Carbon, shapes and structural formulae

Classification and IUPAC nomenclature

Isomerism

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