Organic Functional Groups

Flashcards on organic functional groups and their structural formulas derived from lecture notes.

Alcohol

$$R-OH$$

Ether

$$R-O-R'$$

Carboxylic Acid

$$R-COOH$$

Ester

$$R-C(=O)

Aldehyde

An organic functional group containing a carbonyl center bonded to a hydrogen atom, represented as $R-CHO$ or $R-C(=O)H$.

Ketone

An organic functional group featuring a carbonyl group bonded between two carbon groups, represented as $R-C(=O)R'$.

Amide

An organic functional group consisting of a carbonyl group attached to a nitrogen atom, represented as $R-C(=O)N(R')R''$.

Amine

An organic functional group consisting of a nitrogen atom bonded to carbon or hydrogen atoms, represented as $R-N$.

Alkene

An organic hydrocarbon functional group characterized by a carbon-carbon double bond ($C=C$).

Alkyne

An organic hydrocarbon functional group characterized by a carbon-carbon triple bond ($C \equiv C$).

Alkyl halide

An organic compound functional group represented by the structure $R-X$, where $X$ is a halogen atom.

Allyl halide

An organic functional group consisting of a halogen atom bonded to an allylic position.