# Outline of organic chemistry

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to organic chemistry:
Organic chemistry is the scientific study of the structure, properties, composition, reactions, and preparation (by synthesis or by other means) of carbon-based compounds, hydrocarbons, and their derivatives. These compounds may contain any number of other elements, including hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen, the halogens as well as phosphorus, silicon, and sulfur.

## General topics

* History of organic chemistry
* IUPAC nomenclature of organic chemistry
* Organic reaction
* Organic compound
* Organic synthesis
** Retrosynthetic analysis

## Current trends

Current trends in organic chemistry include (as of 2020):
* Biocatalysis
* Catalysis
* Chemosensors
* Chiral synthesis
* Flow chemistry
* Green chemistry
* Mechanochemistry
* Photoredox catalysis

## Concepts

* Acids and bases
** Brønsted–Lowry acid–base theory
** Acid dissociation constants
** Lewis acids and bases
* Chemoselectivity
* Molecular structure
** Aromaticity
** Chemical bonding
*** Covalent bonding
*** Lewis model
*** Molecule shapes
*** Bond angles
*** Resonance structures
** Conjugated systems
** Functional groups
** Stereochemistry
*** Conformational isomerism
*** Diastereomer
*** Stereoisomerism
*** Chirality
*** Optical activity
*** Enantiomers
* Regioselectivity
* Stereoselectivity
* Spectroscopy
** Infrared spectroscopy
** Mass spectrometry
** NMR spectroscopy
** Ultraviolet–visible spectroscopy
* Organometallic chemistry

## Chemical species

* Acetals
** Hemiacetals
** Thioacetals
** Ketals
* Alcohols and diols
* Haloalkanes
* Thiols
* Alkanes and cycloalkanes
* Alkenes
* Alkynes
* Amines
* Amino acids, peptides, proteins
* Aromatics
** Acetophenones
** Anilines
** Anisoles
** Benzene
** Benzenesulfonic acids
** Benzophenones
** Nitrobenzenes
** Phenols
* Aromatic hydrocarbons
** Toluene
** Xylenes
* Aryl halides
* Carbohydrates
** Sugar
* Carbonyl compounds
** Acid anhydride
** Acyl halides
*** Acyl chlorides
** Aldehydes
** Amides
*** Lactams
** Carboxylic acids
** Dicarbonyl
** Enones
** Esters
*** Lactones
** Imides
** Ketones
* Enols
** Enolate anions
** Enamines
* Ethers
** Epoxides
** Sulfides
* Imines
** Schiff bases
* Ketenes
* Lipids
* Nitriles
* Nucleic acids
* Organometallic compounds
* Oximes

## Reactions

* Addition reaction
** Aldol addition
** Electrophilic addition
** Michael addition
** Mukaiyama aldol addition
** Nucleophilic addition
* Cyclization
** Bergman cyclization
** Nazarov cyclization reaction
* Elimination reaction
** Beta elimination
** Cope elimination
** E1cB elimination reaction
** Hofmann elimination
* Organic redox reaction
** Cannizzaro reaction
** Oxidation
*** Baeyer-Villiger oxidation
*** Corey-Kim oxidation
*** Dess-Martin oxidation
*** Fleming-Tamao oxidation
*** Jones oxidation
*** Nucleophilic epoxidation
*** Oppenauer oxidation
*** Prilezhaev reaction
*** Rubottom oxidation
*** Schmidt reaction
*** Swern oxidation
*** Wacker-Tsuji oxidation
** Reduction
*** Birch reduction
*** Bouveault-Blanc reduction
*** CBS reduction
*** Clemmensen reduction
*** Corey-Bakshi-Shibata reduction
*** Corey–Itsuno reduction
*** Fukuyama reduction
*** Luche reduction
*** Meerwein-Ponndorf-Verley reduction
*** Rosenmund reduction
*** Staudinger reduction
*** Wolff-Kishner reduction
* Pericyclic reaction
** Cheletropic reaction
** Cycloaddition
*** 1,3-Dipolar cycloaddition
**** Azide-alkyne Huisgen cycloaddition
*** Diels–Alder reaction
*** Nitrone-olefin (3+2) cycloaddition
*** Staudinger ketene-imine cycloaddition
** Dyotropic reaction
** Electrocyclic reaction
** Group transfer reaction
** Sigmatropic reaction
* Polymerization
** Cationic polymerization
** Anionic polymerization
** Radical polymerization
** Ring-opening polymerization
* Rearrangement reaction
** Baker–Venkataraman rearrangement
** Beckmann rearrangement
** Benzilic acid rearrangement
** Brook rearrangement
** Claisen rearrangement
** Cope rearrangement
** Curtius rearrangement
** Fries rearrangement
** Ireland–Claisen rearrangement
** Newman–Kwart rearrangement
** Overman rearrangement
** Oxy-Cope rearrangement
** Pinacol rearrangement
** 1,2-Wittig rearrangement
** 2,3-Wittig rearrangement
* Substitution reaction
** Electrophilic aromatic substitution
** Nucleophilic aromatic substitution
** Electrophilic substitution
** Nucleophilic substitution
*** S$_N$1 reaction
*** S$_N$2 reaction
** Vicarious nucleophilic substitution