Carbon and its Compounds

Topics in this chapter

• Introduction

  • Introduction

• Bonding in Carbon - The Covalent Bond

  • Introduction

• Versatile Nature of Carbon

  • Introduction
  • Saturated and Unsaturated Carbon Compounds
  • Chains, Branches and Rings
  • Will you be my Friend?
  • Homologous Series
  • Nomenclature of Carbon Compounds

• Chemical Properties of Carbon Compounds

  • Introduction
  • Combustion
  • Oxidation
  • Addition Reaction
  • Substitution Reaction

• Some Important Carbon Compounds - Ethanol and Ethanoic Acid

  • Introduction
  • Properties of Ethanol
  • Properties of Ethanoic Acid

• Soaps and Detergents

  • Introduction