Chapter 15 : Alcohols, Diols and Thiols |
List of Oxygen Functional Groups
The more important oxygen containing
functional groups are shown below. In each case, the functional group name, a diagram of the key structural element and a 3D
JSMOL image of a simple example
Alcohol | |||
Diol | |||
Epoxide | |||
Ether | |||
Aldehyde | |||
Ketone | |||
Carboxylic Acid | |||
Acyl halide | |||
Acid anhydride | |||
Ester | |||
Amide | |||
© Dr. Ian Hunt, Department of Chemistry |