Chemistry 111 - Groups test

Alkane (suffix -ane)

A carbon bonded (sigma bond) onto a carbon

Alkene (suffix -ene)

A carbon double (or pi bond) onto another carbon

Alkyne (suffix -yne)

A carbon triple bonded onto another carbon

Alcohol (suffix -ol)

An oxygen bonded to a carbon and hydrogen (sigma bonds)

Ether (suffix -yl -yl ether)

An oxygen bonded to a carbon and a carbon (sigma bonds)

Amine (suffix -amine)

A Nitrogen bonded to a Carbon, A Carbon (or Hydrogen), and a Carbon (or a hydrogen)

haloalkane/alkyl halide (suffix choro___ane (fluoro, bromo, ido)

A carbon bonded to a Chlorine or fluorine or Bromine or Iodine

thiol (suffix -thiol)

A carbon bonded to a sulfur and a hydrogen

ketone (-one)

a carbon bonded to a carbon and a carbon and double bonded to an oxygen

aldehyde (suffix -al)

a carbon bound to a carbon and a hydrogen and double bonded to oxygen

carboxylic acid (-oic acid)

a carbon bonded to a carbon bonded to a OH group and double bonded to oxygen

ester (-yl -oate)

a carbon bonded to a carbon and a oxygen which is bound to a carbon and a double bond to an oxygen

amide (suffix -amide)

A carbon bound to a carbon bound to a NH group which is bounded to a carbon and a double bond to oxygen

benzene (suffix benzene)

6 carbon ring with three double bonds

phenol (suffix phenol)

a 6 ring carbon with three double bonds and an OH group branching off