Organic Chemistry

Overview of Functional Groups

Chemical class

Group

Formula

GraphicalFormula

Prefix

Suffix

Example

Phosphonic acid

89

Phosphono

RP(=O)(OH)

2

phosphono-

substituent

phosphonic acid

Benzylphosphonic acid

Phosphate

90

Phosphate

ROP(=O)(OH)

2

phospho-

Glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate

91

Pyridine derivative

92

Pyridyl

93

RC

H 5

N 4

4-pyridyl(pyridin-4-yl)3-pyridyl(pyridin-3-yl)2-pyridyl(pyridin-2-yl)

-pyridine

Nicotine

94

Sulfide

95

RSR’

di(

substituent

) sulfide

Dimethyl sulfide

96

89 Chapter

131.15

on page

431

90 Chapter

131.15

on page

431

91

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glyceraldehyde%203-phosphate

92 Chapter

131.15

on page

431

93

https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Pyridine

94

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicotine

95 Chapter

131.18

on page

433

96

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dimethyl%20sulfide