api: YAML JSON TOON Database version: 1.0.0 format: toon dataset: id: 2865 slug: organic-functional-groups title: Organic Functional Groups description: Common functional groups in organic chemistry. summary: "The functional groups that organize organic chemistry, each with its general formula and an example: alcohols, aldehydes, ketones, carboxylic acids, amines, amides and esters, plus the hydrocarbons, halides, ethers, nitriles, thiols, phenols, acyl chlorides, nitro compounds and aromatic rings." use_when[2]: You need to identify a functional group from a structure or name.,You are predicting how a molecule is likely to react. caveats[2]: "A molecule can contain several functional groups, and their interactions change reactivity.",General formulas use R for an organic substituent; the groups themselves are shown schematically. related[3]: chemical-bond-types,common-acids-bases,periodic-table-first-30 entry_count: 18 fields[3]{section,field,type,example}: data,group,string,Alcohol data,general_formula,string,R-OH data,example,string,Ethanol category: Chemistry category_slug: chemistry tags: "chemistry,organic,functional-groups" view_count: 55 created_at: 1793403093 updated_at: 1793403093 data[18]{group,general_formula,example}: Alcohol,R-OH,Ethanol Aldehyde,R-CHO,Formaldehyde Ketone,R-CO-R,Acetone Carboxylic acid,R-COOH,Acetic acid Amine,R-NH2,Methylamine Amide,R-CONH2,Acetamide Ester,R-COO-R,Ethyl acetate Alkane,CnH2n+2,Methane Alkene,R2C=CR2,Ethene Alkyne,R-C≡C-R,Ethyne (acetylene) Alkyl halide,"R-X (X = F, Cl, Br, I)",Chloromethane Ether,R-O-R',Diethyl ether Nitrile,R-C≡N,Acetonitrile Thiol,R-SH,Methanethiol Phenol,Ar-OH,Phenol Acyl chloride,R-COCl,Acetyl chloride Nitro compound,R-NO2,Nitromethane Aromatic ring,C6H5-R,Benzene