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Summary of Reactions
I could recommend that you memorize this diagram. But I won't. Instead, I recommend that you create a similar diagram for yourself, step by step, one reaction at a time, showing the functional groups that characterize the types of compounds shown. Then analyze what happens to those functional groups when each different reaction takes place. For example, if you can picture an addition reaction as something that happens to a double bond, then it is easier to figure out where the added parts go. Also, you are more likely to think of an addition reaction when you see a double bond. The same is true for the other reactions. The more you know about each one, the more you have to help you remember everything else. Since there are a lot of different reactions and quite a few different kinds of compounds, I recommend that you learn it bit by bit, rather than trying to know it all at once. For example, by looking at the diagram you can see that alcohols can be made into quite a few different kinds of compounds. You could try putting the diagram aside and writing down as many kinds of compounds as you can remember that can be made from alcohols. Then see if you can remember what kind of reaction causes each change. Then look at this diagram to see what you left out (if anything). If you did leave some things out, figure out which thing would be the easiest to learn next. Or try a different approach, if you prefer, but try to become familiar with the compounds and reactions used in this lesson. Note that some of the compounds in this diagram are from this lesson, some are from the previous lesson and some will not be studied until the next lesson. They are includded because they can be made from the alcohols, aldehydes and ketones that we studied in this lesson.
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