Organic Chemistry – Unit 8 Full Revision (Class 11)
8.1 General Introduction (■ Low)
• Vital force theory → rejected by Wöhler (urea synthesis).
• Early syntheses: Kolbe (acetic acid), Berthelot (methane).
• Carbon catenation and bonding with H, O, N, S, halogens.
8.2 Tetravalence of Carbon: Shapes (■■ Medium)
• Hybridisation: sp³ (CH4), sp² (C2H4), sp (C2H2).
• Bond length/strength order: sp < sp² < sp³.
• Electronegativity increases with s-character.
• π-bonds → planarity, restricted rotation, high reactivity.
8.3 Structural Representations (■■ Medium)
• Complete, condensed, bond-line formulas.
• 3D wedge-dash notation.
• Models: Framework, Ball-stick, Space-filling.
8.4 Classification of Organic Compounds (■ Low)
• Acyclic vs cyclic, aliphatic vs aromatic, heterocyclic.
• Functional groups and homologous series.
8.5 Nomenclature of Organic Compounds (■ High)
• IUPAC rules: parent chain, prefixes, suffixes.
• Nomenclature of alkanes: straight & branched.
• Functional group priority order.
• Substituted benzene compounds (ortho/meta/para).
8.6 Isomerism (■ High)
• Structural isomerism: chain, position, functional, metamerism.
• Stereoisomerism: geometrical (cis-trans), optical basics.
8.7 Organic Reaction Mechanisms (■■ Very High)
• Fission of bonds: Homolytic (free radicals), Heterolytic (carbocations, carbanions).
• Substrate vs reagent: nucleophiles (Nu:) & electrophiles (E■).
• Electron movement with curved arrows.
• Electron displacement effects: Inductive, Resonance, Electromeric, Hyperconjugation.
• Types of reactions: substitution, addition, elimination, rearrangement.
8.8 Purification of Organic Compounds (■ High)
• Sublimation.
• Crystallisation.
• Distillation: simple, fractional, steam.
• Differential extraction.
• Chromatography: adsorption & partition.
8.9 Qualitative Analysis of Organic Compounds (■■
Medium-High)
• Detection of Carbon & Hydrogen: heating with CuO → CO■ (lime water), H■O (anhydrous
CuSO■).
• Detection of Nitrogen: Lassaigne’s test → Prussian blue with Fe²■/Fe³■.
• Detection of Sulphur: PbS black ppt with lead acetate.
• Detection of Halogens: AgX ppt (Cl white, Br cream, I yellow).
• Detection of Phosphorus: ammonium phosphomolybdate yellow ppt.
8.10 Quantitative Analysis of Organic Compounds (■ High)
• Estimation of C & H: combustion with CuO → CO■ + H■O collected in U-tubes.
• %C = (12 × mass of CO■) ÷ (44 × mass of compound) × 100.
• %H = (2 × mass of H■O) ÷ (18 × mass of compound) × 100.
• Estimation of Nitrogen: Dumas method (N■ at STP), Kjeldahl’s method (NH■ by titration).
• Estimation of Halogens: Carius method (AgX ppt).
• Estimation of Sulphur: Carius method (BaSO■ ppt).
• Estimation of Phosphorus: phosphoric acid → ammonium phosphomolybdate yellow ppt.