Basics of Organic Chemistry

Chemistry, HSSC-Punjab Second Year. This chapter is split into 33 topics and has 854 practice questions. The topics covered are listed below, followed by 10 free sample questions from the chapter.

Topics in this chapter

1. Substitution, addition and elimination reactions 26 questions
2. Isomerism and constitutional isomers 28 questions
3. Structures from names and general formulae 30 questions
4. Hybridisation, shapes and sigma and pi bonds 28 questions
5. Components of an IUPAC name 23 questions
6. Classification of hydrocarbons 26 questions
7. Electrophilic addition and elimination mechanisms 24 questions
8. Chirality, chiral carbon and enantiomers 25 questions
9. Homolytic and heterolytic fission 27 questions
10. Cis-trans isomerism 26 questions
11. Naming alkanes, alkenes, alkynes and halo-hydrocarbons 26 questions
12. Functional groups and properties 24 questions
13. Conformations and mixed practice in basic organic chemistry 20 questions
14. Exercise and Quick Check style questions 28 questions
15. Molecular formulae from names and unsaturation 30 questions
16. Nucleophilic substitution mechanism 23 questions
17. Organic chemistry and catenation 23 questions
18. Displayed, condensed and skeletal formulae 27 questions
19. Naming alkyl halides and alcohols 27 questions
20. Naming ethers, esters, amides, acid halides and anhydrides 25 questions
21. Reagents: free radicals, electrophiles and nucleophiles 30 questions
22. Molecular and empirical formulae 30 questions
23. Counting chiral centres and optical isomers 27 questions
24. Chirality in drug development: thalidomide 24 questions
25. Naming amines, nitriles and nitroalkanes 27 questions
26. Hydrolysis, condensation, oxidation and reduction 26 questions
27. Naming aldehydes, ketones and carboxylic acids 27 questions
28. Racemic mixtures and meso compounds 24 questions
29. Stereoisomerism: the classification chart 23 questions
30. Nucleophilic addition mechanism 21 questions
31. Optical activity and plane-polarised light 21 questions
32. Identifying functional groups and classes 30 questions
33. Free radical substitution mechanism 28 questions