Chapter Profile

The content in  this    chapter should  be  relevant    to  about   7%  of  all questions   about   Organic

Chemistry   on  the MCAT.

This    chapter covers  material    from    the following   AAMC    content category:

5D: Structure,  function,   and reactivity  of  biologically-relevant   molecules

Introduction

This chapter focuses on an important functional group for the MCAT: the carbonyl. Aldehydes and
ketones, the two functional groups highlighted here, have a lot in common because they both
contain a carbonyl—a double bond between a carbon and an oxygen. The only difference between
the two is what is attached to the carbonyl carbon.