Organic Chemistry Flashcards by Auriela Howze

Aldehydes

Have Carbonyl found at end of carbon chain
Generally attached to carbon 1
takes precedence over others
-al ending
Carbonyl: C=O

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Ketones

Carbonyl group somewhere in middle

-one ending

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Carboxylic Acids

Carbonyl (C=O) group and Hydroxyl (-OH) group
most oxidized functional group
Highest priority functional group
-oic acid ending

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Esters

common carboxylic acid derivatives
hydroxyl (-OH) replaced with alkoxy group (-OR)
-oate ending

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Aminde

carboxylic acid derivative
hydroxyl replaced by amino group
-amide ending

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Anhydrides

carboxylic acid derivative

one water molecule removed

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