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NCERT Organic Chemistry: Some Basic Principles and Techniques

The NCERT Class 11 Chemistry chapter “Some Basic Principles and Techniques of Organic Chemistry” introduces the fundamentals of organic compounds and their study. It explains the unique nature of carbon, classification of organic compounds, and the concept of the homologous series.



Students learn structural representations, IUPAC nomenclature, and types of isomerism. The chapter also highlights laboratory methods like crystallization, distillation, sublimation, chromatography, and purification techniques used in organic chemistry.

Key electronic effects such as inductive effect, resonance, hyperconjugation, and electromeric effect are explained, along with different types of organic reactions like substitution, addition, elimination, and rearrangement.