OCR A level Chemistry: Organic Synthesis

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

All presentations come with worked examples, solutions and homeworks.

28.1 Carbon-Carbon Bond Formation
28.2 Further Practical Techniques
28.3 Further Synthetic Routes

• Forming nitriles from haloalkanes
• Forming nitriles from aldehydes and ketones
• Forming amines from nitriles (reduction)
• Forming carboxylic acids from nitriles (hydrolysis)
• Friedel-Crafts alkylation of benzene
• Acylation of benzene with acyl chloride
• Filtration under reduced pressure
• Purification through Recrystallisation
• Preparation of Melting Point Sample
• Melting point determination with an electric heater
• Melting point determination with a Thiele tube
• Functional groups
• Reactions of benzenes
• Reactions of phenols
• Common reactions between different functional groups
• Reaction conditions and reagents