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Functional Groups - alcohols vs ethers

Identify and name the following alcohols (R-OH) and ethers (R1-O-R2)

1.24) CH3CH2OCH2CH3 , CH3CH2CH2CH2CH2CH2OH

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Functional groups

Identify the functional groups (e.g. alcohol, alkene, etc ) in the following molecules:

1.26) CH3COCH2CH3

The functional group is Ketone:

• Ketones have 3 or more carbons in a carbon chain
• the condensed structural formula consists of a CO found in the middle of the chain as you can see here:

CH3COCH2CH3

• there are four carbons in this chain making the prefix buta-
• the alkane name is butane
• because this is ketone I will drop the -e and add ~one
• the name will be Butanone