Functional groups

organic chemistry functional groups

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Class of organic compounds characterized by an oxygen atom connected to alkyl or aryl groups

Ethers

Functional group characterized by the presence of an -OH group

Alcohols

Compounds characterized by the presence of a nitrogen atom

Amine

First step for naming any compound

Finding parent chain

Functional group with greatest naming priority

Carboxylic acid

Carboxylic acid suffix

-oic acid

Ester suffix name

-oate

Suffix for branches with one carbon

- meth

Suffix for branch with two carbons

-eth

Suffix for branch with three carbons

-prop

Suffix for branch with four carbons

-but

Suffix for branch with five carbons

-pent

Suffix for branch with six carbons

-hexa

Name of amides when it is a cyclo

carboxamide

Organic compound with a carbonyl group in which the hydrogen of the OH group has been replaced by an alkyl group

Ester

Suffix for cyclic ester

Carboxylate

Carbonyl group located between 2 other carbon atoms

Ketones

Suffix for ketones

-one

Carbonyl group located at the end of the carbon chain, bonded to a carbon on one side and an hydrogen on the other

Aldehyde