Organic Chemistry – Some Basic Principles and Techniques — Important Questions

An atom or group determining chemical properties

A functional group is a specific arrangement of atoms that gives characteristic chemical properties to an organic compound.

Heterolytic cleavage

Heterolytic cleavage results in the formation of carbocations, where one fragment retains the shared electron pair.

Electron delocalisation from σ bonds

Hyperconjugation involves the delocalisation of σ electrons from C-H bonds into adjacent empty or partially empty orbitals.

Partition chromatography

Partition chromatography involves continuous differential partitioning of components between stationary and mobile phases.