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Properties of Organic Compounds

You can find details of the physical and chemical properties for each of these types of compound:

Aliphatic compounds

These are compounds where the functional group is not attached directly to a benzene ring.: alkanes . . .; alkenes . . .; halogenoalkanes (haloalkanes or alkyl halides) . . .; alcohols . . .; aldehydes and ketones . . .; carboxylic acids . . .; acyl chlorides (acid chlorides) . . .; acid anhydrides . . .; esters . . .; amides . . .; nitriles . . .; amines . . .; amino acids and other biochemistry . . .

Aromatic compounds

These are compounds based on benzene rings. This isn't a complete list, but shows only those compounds where there are important differences between them and their aliphatic equivalents.: arenes (benzene and methylbenzene) . . .; aryl halides (e.g. chlorobenzene) . . .; phenol . . .; phenylamine (aniline) and diazonium compounds . . .