Organic chemistry: aliphatic hydrocarbons: IUPAC naming, isomers and the reactions of alkanes, alkenes and cyclic compounds

What this note covers

1. The boundaries of organic chemistry in this course
2. Families, general formulae and saturation
3. IUPAC naming: the five-step routine
4. Isomers: same formula, different structure
5. Combustion: complete and incomplete
6. Substitution, addition and the bromine test for unsaturation
7. How this topic is examined in Section D, and what separates a top answer

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