Functional Groups

Question 1

What is a methyl group?

Answer 1

CH3

Question 2

What is an Ethyl group?

Answer 2

CH2CH3

Question 3

What is a Phenyl group?

Answer 3

C6, or a 6 carbon ring

Question 4

What makes up an acetyl group?

Answer 4

CH3CO

Question 5

What signifies a molecule as an alcohol?

Answer 5

A hydroxyl group, or -OH

Question 6

What is a carbonyl?

Answer 6

C==O

a carbon double bonded to an oxygen

Question 7

An aldehyde has a carbon double bonded to an oxygen in/at the ____ of the molecule?

Answer 7

At the end of the molecule

Question 8

A ketone has a carbon double bonded to an oxygen in/at the ____ of the molecule?

Answer 8

in the middle of the molecule

Question 9

A ketone molecule has a _____ in the middle of the molecule?

Answer 9

a carbonyl

Question 10

What about the name of a molecule tells us it has a ketone in it?

Answer 10

If the name ends in “one,” like propanone or acetone, it has a ketone. See they each have the suffix “one.”

Question 11

What is a carboxyl group?

Answer 11

-COOH

Question 12

What is a sulfhydryl group?

Answer 12

-SH

Question 13

What is a phosphate group?

Answer 13

-PO4

Question 14

What is an amino group?

Answer 14

-NH4

Question 15

What is an alkyl group?

Answer 15

CH2

Question 16

If a molecule name has an OL in it, it is a ____.

Answer 16

Alcohol

Question 17

If a molecule has an AL in the name, it is a _____.

Answer 17

Aldehyde

Question 18

If a molecule has IC in the name and ends with acid, it has a _____.

Answer 18

A carbonyl and a hydroxyl at the end of the chain

Question 19

What happens when an acid is ionized?

Answer 19

It looses a Hydrogen and the suffix changes to -ate, instead of -ic.

Question 20

What is an ester made of?

Answer 20

Acid + alcohol

Question 21

What does an ester have in the middle of a molecule?

Answer 21

A carbonyl and oxygen

Question 22

What suffix in the naming of molecule tells us it has an ester?

Answer 22

-oate

Question 23

What functional group has a oxygen connecting 2 carbon chains?

Answer 23

Ether

Question 24

A ____ is the reaction of 2 alcohols.

Answer 24

Ether

Question 25

What 2 functional groups make up an amide bond?

Answer 25

A carboxylic acid and an amine.

Question 26

What is a thioester?

Answer 26

SCO S---C===O

Question 27

What is another name for a sulfhydryl group?

Answer 27

Thiol

Question 28

What is a thiol group?

Answer 28

SH, just like a sulfhydryl group

Question 29

What two functional groups make up a thioester?

Answer 29

An acid and a thiol

Question 30

What is a primary carbon?

Answer 30

A carbon attached to only 1 other carbon

Question 31

A secondary carbon is attached to ____ other carbons?

Answer 31

2

Question 32

A tertiary carbon is attached to ____ other carbons?

Answer 32

3

Question 33

What is an alkane?

Answer 33

A single bonded carbon ------> C---C

Question 34

What is an alkene?

Answer 34

A double bonded carbon ------> C===C

Question 35

What is an alkyne?

Answer 35

A triple bonded carbon -----> C=_=C

Question 36

The geometry of an alkyne hydrocarbon bonding is ______.

Answer 36

180°

Question 37

What is the geometry of a alkene hydrocarbon?

Answer 37

120°

Question 38

What type of geometry does an alkane hydrocarbon bond have?

Answer 38

109.5°

Question 39

How can you tell the difference between an organic compound and an inorganic compound?

Answer 39

An organic compound has a hydrocarbon (Carbon & Hydrogen) | An inorganic compound has NO hydrocarbons

Question 40

What are the parent molecules of an ether?

Answer 40

2 Alcohols

Question 41

What are the parent molecules of an Ester?

Answer 41

Acid + Base

Question 42

What are the parent molecules of an Amide?

Answer 42

Acid + Amine