Functional Groups

Question 1

How does a ketone look and what is its suffix?

Answer 1

“-one”

Question 2

What is a carbonyl group?

Answer 2

C=O

can be aldehydes, ketones, carboxylic acids etc.

Question 3

What does carboxylic acid look like?

Answer 3

(hydroxyl and aldehyde)

also known as carboxyl group -COOH

Question 4

ether

Answer 4

alcohol + alcohol – H 2 O

Question 5

How does an aldehyde look?

Answer 5

Question 6

ester

Answer 6

acid + alcohol

Question 7

amide

Answer 7

Question 8

anhydride

Answer 8

acid + acid – H 2 O

Question 9

lactones look like what?

Answer 9

Question 10

What is a disulfide bridge?

Answer 10

2 single-bonded sulphurs which connect 2 R groups

(middle structure below)

Question 11

thiol

Answer 11

Question 12

common names of C2 - C5 dicarboxylic acids

Answer 12

oxalic (C2) -> malonic (C3) ->

succinic (C4) -> glutaric (C5)

OMSG

Question 13

hemiketale (cyclic forms included)

Answer 13

very similar to hemiacetal, except hemiketale forms from ketone + alcohol and the 3rd R group

Question 14

Schiff-base

Answer 14

double bonded carbon-nitrogen

2 R groups

Question 15

oxime

Answer 15

double bonded carbon-nitrogen

1 R group 1 OH

Question 16

hydroxamic acid

Answer 16

acid + hydroxyalmine (minus H2O)

Question 17

hydrazine

Answer 17

H2N-NH2

Question 18

ortho and para addition look like what? meta is what?

Answer 18

ortho - carbon 1

meta - carbon 2

para - carbon 3

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Question 19

thioether

Answer 19

thiol + alcohol – H 2 O

Question 20

hemiacetale

Answer 20

Question 21

hydrazone

Answer 21

double bonded carbon-nitrogen

1 R

2 N

1 C

Question 22

sulfinic acid

Answer 22

Question 23

sulfonic acid

Answer 23

Question 24

sulfoxide

Answer 24

Question 25

acyl chloride

Answer 25

Question 26

primary amine

Answer 26

Question 27

thioester

Answer 27