api: YAML JSON TOON Database
version: 1.0.0
format: json
dataset:
  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:
    - You need to identify a functional group from a structure or name.
    - You are predicting how a molecule is likely to react.
  caveats:
    - 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:
    - chemical-bond-types
    - common-acids-bases
    - periodic-table-first-30
  category: Chemistry
  category_slug: chemistry
  tags: chemistry,organic,functional-groups
  view_count: 0
  entry_count: 18
  fields:
    - section: data
      field: group
      type: string
      example: Alcohol
    - section: data
      field: general_formula
      type: string
      example: R-OH
    - section: data
      field: example
      type: string
      example: Ethanol
data:
  - group: Alcohol
    general_formula: R-OH
    example: Ethanol
  - group: Aldehyde
    general_formula: R-CHO
    example: Formaldehyde
  - group: Ketone
    general_formula: R-CO-R
    example: Acetone
  - group: Carboxylic acid
    general_formula: R-COOH
    example: Acetic acid
  - group: Amine
    general_formula: R-NH2
    example: Methylamine
  - group: Amide
    general_formula: R-CONH2
    example: Acetamide
  - group: Ester
    general_formula: R-COO-R
    example: Ethyl acetate
  - group: Alkane
    general_formula: CnH2n+2
    example: Methane
  - group: Alkene
    general_formula: R2C=CR2
    example: Ethene
  - group: Alkyne
    general_formula: R-C≡C-R
    example: Ethyne (acetylene)
  - group: Alkyl halide
    general_formula: R-X (X = F, Cl, Br, I)
    example: Chloromethane
  - group: Ether
    general_formula: R-O-R'
    example: Diethyl ether
  - group: Nitrile
    general_formula: R-C≡N
    example: Acetonitrile
  - group: Thiol
    general_formula: R-SH
    example: Methanethiol
  - group: Phenol
    general_formula: Ar-OH
    example: Phenol
  - group: Acyl chloride
    general_formula: R-COCl
    example: Acetyl chloride
  - group: Nitro compound
    general_formula: R-NO2
    example: Nitromethane
  - group: Aromatic ring
    general_formula: C6H5-R
    example: Benzene