OCR A level Chemistry: Carbonyl and Carboxylic Acids

OCR A level Chemistry: Aromatic Compounds is apart of the Module 6: Organic Chemistry and Analysis.

All presentations come with worked examples, solutions and homeworks

26.1 Carbonyl Compounds
26.2 Identifying Aldehydes and Ketones
26.3 Carboxylic Acids
26.4 Carboxylic Acid Derivatives

• The carbonyl group
• Differentiating between aldehydes and ketones
• Naming aldehydes and ketones
• Oxidation of aldehydes
• Electronegativity and polar bonds
• Electrophiles, nucleophiles, and nucleophilic addition reactions
• Reducing carbonyl compounds with sodium tetrahydridoborate(III) (NaH4)
• Primary and secondary alcohols from carbonyl compounds
• Reacting carbonyl compounds with hydrogen cyanide (HCN)
• Reaction mechanisms for nucleophilic addition using (NaBH4)
• Reaction mechanisms for nucleophilic addition using (HCN)
• Testing for Carbonyl Groups
• Brady’s reagent - 2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazine - 2,4-DNP
• Distinguishing between Aldehydes and Ketones
• Tollen’s reagent - silver nitrate in aqueous ammonia
• The Carboxyl Group and polarity of bonds.
• Naming carboxylic acids
• Carboxylic acids as weak acids
• Reactions of carboxylic acids with:
  Metals
  Metal oxides
  Alkali
  Carbonates
• Changing solubility of carboxylic acids in water due to carbon chain length.
• Naming acyl chlorides
• Naming acid anhydrides
• Naming esters
• Esterification
• Acid hydrolysis of esters
• Alkali hydrolysis of esters
• Producing acyl chlorides from carboxylic acids
• Producing carboxylic acids from acyl chlorides
• Producing esters from acyl chlorides and phenols
• Primary, secondary, and tertiary molecules
• Producing primary amides from acyl chlorides
• Producing secondary amides with acyl chlorides
• Producing esters and carboxylic acids wirh acid anhydride