Introduction to Organic Chemistry

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Welcome to the first lesson in organic chemistry. In this lesson we will cover:

• Importance of Carbon
• Organic Groups
• Homologous series
• Structural formulae
• E Z Isomerism

Please make your way carefully through the videos. If you think you are happy in your knowledge of these topics, you can of course jump to the next lesson. Alternatively, you could try the test to make sure.

Video 1 – Covers the uniqueness of carbon, other elements in carbon compounds and functional groups

Video 2 – Covers what homologous series are and how to draw different structural formulae

Video 3 – Covers the 2 different definitions you MUST learn and identifying E-Z isomers