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Introduction, Classification and IUPAC Nomenclature of Organic Compounds
Chemistry · Chapter 17 · Organic Chemistry (Units 8-9: Basic Principles and Techniques, Hydrocarbons)
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- Vital force theory and its fall; importance of organic chemistry; tetravalency of carbon; catenation, isomerism and multiple bonding as reasons for the large number of compounds
- Classification: open chain, closed chain, homocyclic, heterocyclic, aromatic and alicyclic compounds; homologous series; functional groups
- IUPAC rules for naming aliphatic, alicyclic and aromatic compounds