Organic Chemistry Functional Groups and Names flashcards

Recognize alcohols, ketones, esters, amines and the other common functional groups. 59 cards. Tap a card to flip it.

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Sources

  • Primary source Brief Guide to the Nomenclature of Organic Chemistry (Version 1.1, June 2021) (IUPAC, iupac.org)
  • Primary source Principles of Chemical Nomenclature: A Guide to IUPAC Recommendations (2011 edition) (IUPAC, iupac.org)
  • Primary source Organic Chemistry, Section 3.1 Functional Groups (with Table 3.1, Structures of Some Common Functional Groups) (OpenStax, Rice University, openstax.org)
  • Primary source Organic Chemistry, Appendix A Nomenclature of Polyfunctional Organic Compounds (Table A2) (OpenStax, Rice University, openstax.org)
  • Primary source Chemistry 2e, Section 20.4 Amines and Amides (OpenStax, Rice University, openstax.org)
  • Second source Functional group (Wikipedia, en.wikipedia.org)
  • Second source Hydroxy group (Wikipedia, en.wikipedia.org)
  • Second source IUPAC nomenclature of organic chemistry (precedence table and group naming) (Wikipedia, en.wikipedia.org)
  • Second source Alkane (Wikipedia, en.wikipedia.org)
  • Second source Table of Functional Group Priorities for Nomenclature (Master Organic Chemistry, masterorganicchemistry.com)
  • Second source Aryl (Wikipedia, en.wikipedia.org)
  • Second source Phenol (Wikipedia, en.wikipedia.org)
  • Second source Functional group (Wikipedia, en.wikipedia.org)
  • Second source Carbonyl group (Wikipedia, en.wikipedia.org)
  • Second source Aldehyde (Wikipedia, en.wikipedia.org)
  • Second source Ketone (Wikipedia, en.wikipedia.org)
  • Second source Carboxylic acid (Wikipedia, en.wikipedia.org)
  • Second source Ester (Wikipedia, en.wikipedia.org)
  • Second source Amide (Wikipedia, en.wikipedia.org)
  • Second source Acyl chloride (Wikipedia, en.wikipedia.org)
  • Second source Nomenclature of some carbonyl compounds (handout) (Bluffton University (D. Berger, CEM221), homepages.bluffton.edu)
  • Second source Table of Functional Group Priorities for Nomenclature (Master Organic Chemistry, masterorganicchemistry.com)
  • Second source Haloalkane (Wikipedia, en.wikipedia.org)
  • Second source Alkene (Wikipedia, en.wikipedia.org)
  • Second source Alkyne (Wikipedia, en.wikipedia.org)
  • Second source Alcohol (chemistry) (Wikipedia, en.wikipedia.org)
  • Second source Ether (Wikipedia, en.wikipedia.org)
  • Second source Amine (Wikipedia, en.wikipedia.org)
  • Second source Thiol (Wikipedia, en.wikipedia.org)
  • Second source Nitrile (Wikipedia, en.wikipedia.org)

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