A-level Chemistry/OCR (Salters)/Organic compounds

The organic compounds covered in Salters Advanced Chemistry can be classified as follows:

• hydrocarbons
  • aliphatic hydrocarbons
    • alkanes
    • cycloalkanes
    • alkenes
    • alkynes
  • aromatic hydrocarbons (arenes)
• haloalkanes
• alcohols
• alkoxides
• ethers
• amines
• ammonium salts
• nitriles
• nitro compounds
• diazonium salts
• azo compounds
• sulfonic acids
• sulfonates
• carbonyl compounds
  • aldehydes
  • ketones
  • carboxylic acids and their derivatives
    • carboxylic acids
    • carboxylates
    • acid anhydrides
    • acyl chlorides
    • esters
    • amides
    • amino acids

These groups of compounds each contain one functional group.