Organic Functional Groups: An Overview - Prof. Marcus Wright, Study notes of Organic Chemistry

Download Organic Functional Groups: An Overview - Prof. Marcus Wright and more Study notes Organic Chemistry in PDF only on Docsity! Introduction to Organic Functional Groups • alkanes – hydrocarbons with only sp3-hybridized carbons (all single bonds). All (except the cycloalkanes) have the molecular formula CnH2n+2. • alkenes – hydrocarbons that contain a carbon-carbon double bond (sp2-hybridized C). • alkynes – hydrocarbons that contain a carbon-carbon triple bond (sp-hybridized C). • amines – “relative” of NH3 where there is at least one carbon-nitrogen single bond (sp3- hybridized C and N). • alcohols – “relative” of H2O where only one H is replaced with a C. • ethers – “relative” of H2O in which both H’s are replaced by C’s. • epoxides (also called oxiranes) – contain a CCO 3-membered ring.