Organic Chemistry
Organic chemistry is the study of compounds containing carbon, although they can also contain any number of other elements. There is a huge variety of these compounds and the applications for them are very wide ranging. They form the basis (or are important constituents) of many products, such as plastics, food, cosmetics, drugs and paint. Apart from a very few exceptions, all life processes are based on organic compounds.
Coverage of organic chemistry by the different awarding bodies varies considerably. Subjects found in the Triple Science GCSE Chemistry specifications include:
- different classes of organic compounds such as alkanes, alkenes, alcohols, carboxylic acids, esters
- natural processes and products, eg fermentation, alcohols, enzymes, fats and oils
- making new organic substances including soaps, surfactants and painkillers
- analysing organic compounds.
Specification links: AQA C13.4 and C13.5, Edexcel 360 C3.4, OCR Gateway C6, OCR 21st Century Science C7.1, WJEC C3.1
Note that there is also a considerable amount of organic chemistry in the Core and Additional Science sections of most specifications.
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