Functional Groups Flashcards
Alkyl halide
a carbon chain with a halogen at the end
Alkene
carbon-carbon double bond
Alkyne
carbon-carbon triple bond
Alcohol
single bond OH group
Ether
single-bonded oxygen in the middle of a chain
Thiol
a sulfur and hydrogen pair at the end of a chain
Sulfide
sulfur in the middle of a carbon chain
Arene (aromatic ring)
ring of carbons
Ketone
double-bonded oxygen substituent
Aldehyde
double-bonded oxygen with adjacent hydrogen
O=C-H
Carboxylic acid
double-bonded oxygen with adjacent OH group at the end of a carbon chain
O=C-O-H
Acyl halide
double-bonded oxygen at the end of a chain with adjacent heteroatom
Anhydride
two double-bonded oxygen atoms with adjacent oxygen between them in the middle of a chain
Ester
double-bonded oxygen with one adjacent single-bonded oxygen in a chain
O=C-O
Amide
double-bonded oxygen adjacent to one single-bonded Nitrogen in the middle of a chain
O=C-N