Organic Chemistry

Memorizing Functional Groups

Chemical class

Group

Formula

GraphicalFormula

Prefix

Suffix

Example

Carboxylate

39

Carboxylate

40

RCOO

−

carboxy-

-oate

Sodium acetate

41

(Sodium ethanoate)

Carboxylic acid

42

Carboxyl

43

RCOOH

carboxy-

-oic acid

Acetic acid

44

(Ethanoic acid)

Cyanate

45 s

Cyanate

46

ROCN

cyanato-

alkyl

cyanate

Thiocyanate

47

RSCN

thiocyanato-

alkyl

thiocyanate

Ether

48

Ether

49

ROR’

alkoxy-

alkyl alkyl

ether

Diethyl ether

50

(Ethoxyethane)

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40

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

41

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodium%20acetate

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43

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

44

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acetic%20acid

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46

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

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49

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

50

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diethyl%20ether