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.