Organic Chemistry

Memorizing Functional Groups

Chemical class

Group

Formula

GraphicalFormula

Prefix

Suffix

Example

Primary aldimine

RC(=NH)H

imino-

-imine

Secondary aldimine

RC(=NR’)H

imino-

-imine

Isocyanide

61

Isocyanide

62

RNC

isocyano-

alkyl

isocyanide

Isocyanate

63 s

Isocyanate

64

RNCO

isocyanato-

alkyl

isocyanate

Isothiocyanate

65

RNCS

isothiocyanato-

alkyl

isothiocyanate

Allyl isothiocyanate

66

Ketone

67

Ketone

68

RCOR’

keto-, oxo-

-one

Methyl ethyl ketone

69

(Butanone)

61 Chapter

131.9

on page

429

62

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

63 Chapter

131.9

on page

429

64

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

65 Chapter

131.9

on page

429

66

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allyl%20isothiocyanate

67 Chapter

131.10

on page

429

68

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

69

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methyl%20ethyl%20ketone