Organic Chemistry

Overview of Functional Groups

Chemical class

Group

Formula

GraphicalFormula

Prefix

Suffix

Example

Amine

22 s

Primary amine

23

RNH

2

amino-

-amine

Methylamine

24

(Methanamine)

Secondary amine

25

R^2

NH

amino-

-amine

Dimethylamine

26

Tertiary amine

27

R^3

N

amino-

-amine

Trimethylamine

28

4° ammonium ion

29

R^4

+N

ammonio-

-ammonium

Choline

30

Azo compound

31

Azo(Diimide)

32

RN

R’ 2

azo-

-diazene

Methyl orange

33

Toluene derivative

34

Benzyl

35

RCH

C 2

H 6

5

RBn

benzyl-

1-(

substituent

)toluene

Benzyl bromide

36

(1-Bromotoluene)

Carbonate

37

Carbonate ester

38

ROCOOR

alkyl

carbonate

22 Chapter

131.1

on page

421

23 Chapter

131.1

on page

421

24

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

25 Chapter

131.1

on page

421

26

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

27 Chapter

131.1

on page

421

28

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

29

https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Quaternary%20ammonium%20cation

30

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

31 Chapter

131.1

on page

421

32

https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Azo%20compound

33

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methyl%20orange

34 Chapter

131.19

on page

434

35 Chapter

131.2

on page

423

36

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benzyl%20bromide

37 Chapter

131.3

on page

424

38

https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Carbonate%20ester