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Book: Chemistry — Chemistry — Part II

CBSE (NCERT, English Medium) • Class 12 • Chemistry

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Chapter 6: Haloalkanes and Haloarenes
How alkyl and aryl halides are made, why the carbon–halogen bond reacts the way it does, and the substitution and elimination reactions that examiners test most.
Chapter 7: Alcohols, Phenols and Ethers
The –OH and –O– functional groups: classification, preparation, why phenols are acidic, and the key reactions of alcohols, phenols and ethers.
Chapter 8: Aldehydes, Ketones and Carboxylic Acids
The carbonyl group and the carboxyl group: preparation, nucleophilic addition, oxidation, and the named reactions — Aldol, Cannizzaro, Clemmensen and Wolff–Kishner.
Chapter 9: Amines
Nitrogen's lone pair at work: classification, basicity, preparation by reduction and Hofmann bromamide degradation, and the reactions of amines and diazonium salts.
Chapter 10: Biomolecules
The molecules of life: carbohydrates, proteins, enzymes, vitamins and nucleic acids — their structures, their tests, and how they link together.