Chemistry guide

Organic Reactions Roadmap

High-yield reactions and concepts you must know for chemistry olympiads.

17 min
Reading time
Intermediate
Difficulty
2024-04-28
Updated
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Learn patterns first

Organic chemistry becomes manageable when you learn electron movement, functional group behavior, and common reaction families instead of memorizing isolated facts.

Core map

  • Substitution and elimination.
  • Addition to alkenes and carbonyls.
  • Aromatic substitution.
  • Oxidation and reduction.
  • Stereochemistry and mechanism reasoning.

Practice

After each reaction family, solve mechanism prediction and synthesis questions with explanations.