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| Naming organic compounds | Four quizzes on recognising which homologous series a compound belongs to and what its systematic name is. |
| Animations of reaction mechanisms | 2D animations (with curly arrows and sub-titles) of the five main reaction mechanisms studied at A level. Each animation has an accompanying quiz. There is also a quiz on the correct use of curly arrows in reaction mechanisms. |
| Reagents and conditions for one step conversions | Four quizzes on the reagents and conditions needed for the 40 or so conversions studied at A level. These are roughly broken down into three sets (alkanes, alkenes and halogenocompounds, oxygen containing compounds and nitrogen containing compounds) although the classification is relaxed for compounds such as nitriles. |
| Miscellaneous quizzes | Multiple choice style questions (50 questions per quiz in
groups of 10) based on clickable image maps covering the whole organic
chemistry syllabus.
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| Tests for functional groups | Four quizzes on tests for identifying functional groups. |
| Multi-functional compounds | Four quizzes involving clickable image maps of multi-functional compounds with questions like 'click on the chiral centre', 'click on the carbonyl group', 'click on the group which reacts with sodium metal' etc. |
| Reaction schemes | Eight quizzes based around reaction schemes. Reagents and conditions are given for each step and possible products can be stepped through by clicking on the relevant image. |
| Snap | Three quizzes based on a variation of the game snap. The quizzes involve recognising sets of isomers from their names, formulae or from short descriptions of their chemical properties. |