Functional Groups

Aldehyde

________: carbonyl group is at the end.

Ketone

________: carbonyl group is in the middle.

Functional group

________: an atom or a group of atoms within a molecule that shows a characteristic set of physical and chemical properties.

Tertiary alcohol

________: a compound containing a OH group bonded to a carbon atom bonded to three other carbon atoms.

Alcohol

________: OH (hydroxyl group) bonded to a tetrahedral carbon (a carbon having single bonds to 4 other atoms)

Functional group

an atom or a group of atoms within a molecule that shows a characteristic set of physical and chemical properties

Alcohol

OH (hydroxyl group) bonded to a tetrahedral carbon (a carbon having single bonds to 4 other atoms)

Primary alcohol

a compound containing a OH group bonded to a carbon atom bonded to only one other carbon atom and two hydrogens