Chapter 18: Fundamental Principles of Organic Chemistry

18.1: Introduction

1. Basic Introduction to Organic Chemistry
2. Modern Definition of Organic Chemistry

18.2: Some Features of Organic compounds

1. Features of Organic Compounds
2. More on Features of Organic Compounds

18.3: Importance of Organic Chemistry

1. Importance of Organic Chemistry

18.4: Sources of Organic Compounds

1. Coal
2. Natural Gas
3. Petroleum
4. Carbon Chains

18.5: Cracking of Petroleum

1. Types of Carbon Atoms in a Compound
2. Cracking of Petroleum
3. More on Cracking of Petroleum
4. More on Reforming

18.6: Reforming

1. Reforming of Petroleum

18.7: Classifications of Organic Compounds

1. Classification of Organic Compound
2. Types of Acylic Compounds
3. Types of Cylic Compounds

18.8: Functional Group

1. Functional Groups
2. More on Functional Groups

18.9: Hybridization of Orbitals and the Shapes of Molecules

1. Ground and Excited State of Carbon
2. Sp3 Hybridization
3. More on Sp3 Hybridization
4. Sp2 Hybridization
5. Sp Hybridization

18.10: Isomerism

1. Isomerism
2. Structural Isomerism
3. Position Isomerism
4. Functional group Isomerism
5. Metamerism
6. Tautomerism
7. Cis-trans Isomerism or Geometrical Isomerism