Organic Chemistry
Crude oil, the homologous series, alkanes, alkenes, alcohols, acids, esters and polymers, a topic of naming, drawing and one reaction type per family.
What this lesson covers
Organic Chemistry is a 8-part O Level Chemistry lesson. Each part makes one point and then hands over to the next, so it can be read in a sitting or picked up again at the part you stopped on. It defines the idea in plain words before using it, works through an example step by step, breaks the topic into its parts and compares them, shows where it is used outside the textbook, names the mistakes that cost marks in an exam, ends with a recap of what to remember.
How it begins
Crude oil is a mixture of hydrocarbons (compounds of hydrogen and carbon only) separated by fractional distillation. The oil is heated and vaporised at the bottom of a tall column that is hot at the base and cool at the top. Each fraction condenses at the level where the temperature falls below its boiling point.
The 8 parts
- Crude oil and fractional distillation
- Alkanes and alkenes: the two hydrocarbon families
- Cracking, and why it pays
- Alcohols, carboxylic acids and esters
- Polymers: addition and condensation
- Where marks go
- What to remember
- Watch one worked through
Practise Organic Chemistry
Everything on QuizByt for O Level Chemistry that goes with this lesson: read it first, then test yourself while it is fresh.
🧠 5 quizzes on Organic Chemistry (2 easy, 2 medium, 1 hard)
Work up from easy to hard: the hard quiz asks the O Level exam-style questions on Organic Chemistry.
🖨️ Printable worksheet
Organic Chemistry on paper for O Level, with room to write the working out. Preview the first page free.
🎮 Games for O Level Chemistry
Memory and reasoning games at the right level for O Level. Passing a quiz on Organic Chemistry earns the credits that open them.
This topic needs a subscription
This lesson is part of a paid plan. Create a free account to start with our free lessons, or subscribe to open every topic.
- 🆓 Free lessons are open on any account
- 📗 Monthly: 5 paid topics a month
- 📘 Yearly: 7 paid topics a month
- ⭐ Premium, every topic, unlimited
- 🧺 Or buy this single topic, the lesson is included