Organic Structures

Alkane

Single Bonds between Carbon atoms

Alkene

Double bonded Carbons

Alkyne

Triple Bonded Carbon

Halogenoalkane

containing one or more F, Cl, Br, I attached to a carbon atom.

Aldehyde

Carbon with a double bonded oxygen and a single bonded Hydrogen at the END of the chain

Ketone

Carbon with a double bonded oxygen in the MIDDLE of the chain

Carboxylic Acid

Carbon with double bonded oxygen and OH group at the END of the chain.

Esters

Carbon single bonded to oxygen, which is then bonded to carbon, that carbon has a double bonded oxygen

Ether

Oxygen in the middle of two carbons

Alcohol

OH group

Amine

NH2

Amide

Carbon double bonded to an oxygen, with a nitrogen with two hydrogens on it

Arenes

Benzene bonded to an R group