Overview of Functional Groups
Chemical class
Group
Formula
GraphicalFormula
Prefix
Suffix
Example
Ester
51
Ester
52
RCOOR’
-oate
Ethyl butyrate
53
(Ethyl butanoate)
Haloalkane
54
Halo
55
RX
halo-
alkyl
halide
Chloroethane
56
(Ethyl chloride)
Hydroperoxide (see organicperoxide
57 )
Hydroperoxy
58
ROOH
hydroperoxy-
alkyl
hydroperoxide
Methyl ethyl ketoneperoxide
59
Imine
60
Primary ketimine
RC(=NH)R’
imino-
-imine
Secondary ketimine
RC(=NR
)R’
imino-
-imine
51 Chapter
131.5
on page
426
52
https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Ester
53
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethyl%20butyrate
54 Chapter
131.8
on page
428
55
https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Halogen
56
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chloroethane
57 Chapter
131.14
on page
431
58
https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Organic%20peroxide
59
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methyl%20ethyl%20ketone%20peroxide
60 Chapter
131.9
on page
429