Functional Groups
F unctional group is an atom or group of atoms in a organic molecule that predicts or identifies the characteristics chemical and physical properties of organic molecule.In short functional groups determine the identity of organic molecules Explanation: Functional groups are very important in organic chemistry since they are used to determine the type these molecules and therefore, depict the of them. For example, Hydroxy groups O H , is specific for alcohols. the general structure for alcohols is R − O H . In a similar way, C O O H is the functional group for carboxylic acids with a general structure R − C O O H . For esters, the functional group is C O O R ' , where esters have the general structure R − C O O R ' . And so on. with different functional groups, alcohols, carboxylic acids, and esters have different chemical and physical properties and therefore, different identity. Importance of Function...