Oxygen Containing Groups

Question 1

What is the Name of this Functional Group?

Answer 1

Alcohol

(contains a functional group called the hydroxyl group)

Question 2

What is the Name of this Functional Group?

Answer 2

Aldehyde

(incorporates a carbonyl functional group, C=O. The carbon atom of this group has two remaining bonds, one will be occupied by a H)

Question 3

What is the Name of this Functional Group?

Answer 3

Ketone

(incorporates a carbonyl functional group, C=O. The carbon atom of this group has two remaining bonds that may be occupied R)

Question 4

What is the Name of this Functional Group?

Answer 4

Carboxylic Acid

(contains the C=O. of the carbonyl group, with the carbon atom also being bonded to a hydroxyl (−OH) group)

Question 5

What is the Name of this Functional Group?

Answer 5

Acid Anhydride

(characterized by two acyl groups joined by an oxygen atom)

Question 6

What is the Name of this Functional Group?

Answer 6

Acyl Halide

(acyl group (RCO―) bonded to a halogen atom)

Question 7

What is the Name of this Functional Group?

Answer 7

Ester

(an acid in which at least one –OH group is replaced by an –O–alkyl group. Usually, esters are derived from substitution reaction of a carboxylic acid and an alcohol)

Question 8

What is the Name of this Functional Group?

Answer 8

Ether

(consists of an oxygen atom that forms single bonds with two carbon atoms)

Question 9

What is the Name of this Functional Group?

Answer 9

Epoxide

(cyclic ether with a three-membered ring. The basic structure of an epoxide contains an oxygen atom attached to two adjacent carbon atoms of a hydrocarbon)

Question 10

What is the Name of this Functional Group?

Answer 10

Amide

(compound with the general formula RC(=O)NR′R″, where R, R’, and R″ represent organic groups or hydrogen atoms)

Question 11

What is the Name of this Functional Group?

Answer 11

Nitrate

(nitrate ester is the organic functional group with the formula RONO2, where R stands for any organic residue. They are the esters of nitric acid and alcohols.)

Question 12

What is the Name of this Functional Group?

Answer 12

Nitrite

(esters of nitrous acid and contain the nitrosoxy functional group. Nitro compounds contain the C–NO2 group. Nitrites have the general formula RONO, where R is an aryl or alkyl)

Question 13

What is the Name of this Functional Group?

Answer 13

Nitro

(The nitro group is one of the most common explosophores used globally.)

Question 14

What is the Name of this Functional Group?

Answer 14

Nitroso

(NO group attached to an R)

Question 15

What is the Name of this Functional Group?

Answer 15

Imide

(group having a nitrogen atom bonded to two carbonyl groups, or a molecule containing this functional group)

Question 16

What is the Name of this Functional Group?

Answer 16

Cyanate

(Cyanate is an anion with the structural formula [O=C=N]−, usually written OCN−)

Question 17

What is the Name of this Functional Group?

Answer 17

Isocyanate

(functional group with the formula R−N=C=O, isocyanate group contains two unsaturated bonds and is a highly reactive)

Question 18

What is the Suffix for an Alcohol?

Answer 18

• ol
  e. g. Ethanol

Question 19

What is the Suffix for an Aldehyde?

Answer 19

• al
  e. g. Ethanal

Question 20

What is the Suffix for a Ketone?

Answer 20

• one
  e. g. Propanone

Question 21

What is the Suffix for a Carboxylic Acid?

Answer 21

• oic acid
  e. g. Ethanoic acid

Question 22

What is the Suffix for a Acid Anhydride?

Answer 22

• oic anhydride
  e. g. Ethanoic anhydride

Question 23

What is the Suffix for a Acyl Halide?

Answer 23

• oyl halide
  e. g. Ethanoyl chloride

Question 24

What is the Suffix for a Ester?

Answer 24

• yl -oate
  e. g. Ethyl** Ethan_oate_**

Question 25

What is the Suffix for a Ether?

Answer 25

- oxy -ane e. g. Meth**_oxy**_eth_**ane_**

Question 26

What is the Suffix for a Epoxide?

Answer 26

- ene oxide e. g. Eth**_ene oxide_**

Question 27

What is the Suffix for Amide?

Answer 27

-amide Ethan**_amide_**

Question 28

What is the Suffix for a Nitrate?

Answer 28

- yl nitrate e. g. Eth**_yl nitrate_**

Question 29

What is the Suffix for a Nitrite?

Answer 29

- yl nitrite e. g. Eth**_yl nitrite_**

Question 30

What is the Suffix for a Nitro?

Answer 30

Nitro- e.g. **_Nitro_**methane

Question 31

What is the Suffix for a Nitroso?

Answer 31

Nitroso- e.g. **_Nitroso_**ethane

Question 32

What is the Suffix for a Imide?

Answer 32

- imide e. g. Succin**_imide_**

Question 33

What is the Suffix for a Cyanate?

Answer 33

- yl cyanate e. g. meth**_yl cyanate_**

Question 34

What is the Suffix for a Isocyanate?

Answer 34

- yl isocyanate e. g. Meth**_yl isocyanate_**