Functional groups review

-COOH (name)

Carboxylic Acid
-COOH (Prefix)

Carboxy-
-COOH (suffix)

-oic Acid
-COOR (NAME)

ESTER
-COOR (PREFIX)

OXYCARBONYL
-COOR (SUFFIX)

ESTER
-COOCl (NAME)

ACYL CHLORIDE
-COOCl (Prefix)

CHLOROFORMYL
-COOCl (SUFFIX)

-OYL CHLORIDE
-CONH2 (NAME)

AMIDE
-CONH2 (PREFIX)

CARBAMOYL
-CONH2 (SUFFIX)

AMIDE
-CN (NAME)

NITRILE
-CN (PREFIX)

CYANO
-CN (SUFFIX)

NITRILE
-COH (NAME)

ALDEHYDE
-COH (PREFIX)

FORMYL
-COH (SUFFIX)

-AL
>CO (NAME)

KETONE
>CO (PREFIX)

OXO
>CO (SUFFIX)

-ONE
-OH (NAME)

ALCOHOL
-OH (PREFIX)

HYDROXY
-OH (SUFFIX)

-OL
R (NAME)
- ALKYL GROUP
- THERE IS THREE TYPES OF AKYL GROUPS
- ALKYL
- ALKENYL
- ALKYNYL
R (PREFIX)

DEPENDING ON THE NUMBER OF CARBONS IN THE SAME CHAIN
R (SUFFIX)

DEPENDING ON THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF BONDS BETWEEN CARBONS
-O- (NAME)

ETHER
-O- (PREFIX)

(ALKYL PREFIX)OXY [METHOXY, ETHOXY, ETC.]
-O- (SUFFIX)

TRICK QUESTION; THERE IS NO SUFFIX
-X (NAME)

HALOGEN. x REPRESENTS ANY HALOGEN
-X (PREFIX)

DEPENDING ON THE HALOGEN [FLUORO, CHLORO, ETC.]
-X (SUFFIX)

TRICK QUESTION; THERE IS NO SUFFIX
-NH2 (NAME)

Amine
-NH2 (PREFIX)

AMINO
-NH2 (SUFFIX)

AMINE

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jeo

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Card Set

Functional groups review

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Flash cards to help memorize functional groups.

Updated

2013-06-05T22:52:33Z

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