Chemistry A-Level
Structure reading
What Structure reading means in Chemistry A-Level, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Structure reading
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Reference: OCR
Tracing the bonds around each candidate group in the displayed structure before committing to a name, and rechecking the structure after listing groups to catch any missed.
Topics that use Structure reading
Related terms
- Basicity of amines
- Carbonyl group distinction
- Comparison with literature data
- Distillation
- Distillation apparatus
- Filtration under reduced pressure
- Functional group identification
- Functional group recognition
Using Structure reading in the exam
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