REVIEW: FUNCTIONAL GROUPS
CHM 2020 Organic Chemistry II
Professor Wilson
IMPORTANCE OF FUNCTIONAL GROUPS
Functional groups provide use opportunities to classify organic compounds
 Function
 Reactivity
 Structure
Hydrocarbon
Halogen
Classes of
Functional
Groups
Carbonyl
Heteroatom
CLASS 1: HYDROCARBONS
CLASS 2: ONE HETEROATOM
O
OH
S
N
CN
SH
CLASS 3: CONTAINS A HALOGEN
Br
F
I
Cl
O
O
TYPE 4: CARBONYL CONTAINING
O
O
O
OH
H
O
O
Cl
O
O
OCH3
NH2
SUMMARY: CLASSES OF FUNCTIONAL GROUPS
Halogens
• Alkyl halide
Heteroatom
(one)
Hydrocarbon
•
•
•
•
Alkane
Alkene
Alkyne
Phenyl
•
•
•
•
•
•
Alcohol
Amine
Ether
Nitrile
Sulfide
Thiol
Carbonyl
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
Acid halide
Aldehyde
Amide
Anhydride
Carboxylic acid
Ester
Ketone