|  | 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 |   | ||
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