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Functional Groups

Functional Groups. Alkenes Ethene (ethylene) is a major industrial feedstock Used in the production of ethanol, ethylene oxide and the polymer polyethylene Propene (propylene) is also very important in industry Molecular formula C 3 H 6

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Functional Groups

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  1. Functional Groups

  2. Alkenes • Ethene (ethylene) is a major industrial feedstock • Used in the production of ethanol, ethylene oxide and the polymer polyethylene • Propene (propylene) is also very important in industry • Molecular formula C3H6 • Used to make the polymer polypropylene and is the starting material for acetone • Many alkenes occur naturally

  3. Alkynes • Ethyne (acetylene) is used in welding torches because it burns at high temperature • Many alkynes are of biological interest • Capillin is an antifungal agent found naturally • Dactylyne is a marine natural product • Ethinyl estradiol is a synthetic estrogen used in oral contraceptives

  4. Benzene: A Representative Hydrocarbon • Benzene is the prototypical aromatic compound • The Kekulé structure (named after August Kekulé who formulated it) is a six-membered ring with alternating double and single bonds • Benzene does not actually have discreet single and double carbon-carbon bonds • All carbon-carbon bonds are exactly equal in length (1.38 Å) • This is between the length of a carbon-carbon single bond and a carbon-carbon double bond • Resonance theory explains this by suggesting there are two resonance hybrids that contribute equally to the real structure • The real structure is often depicted as a hexagon with a circle in the middle

  5. Some Well-known Aromatic Compounds

  6. - Alkyl Halides • In alkyl halides, a halogen (F, Cl, Br, I) replaces the hydrogen of an alkane

  7. Alcohols • In alcohols the hydrogen of the alkane is replaced by the hydroxyl (-OH) group • An alcohol can be viewed as either a hydroxyl derivative of an alkane or an alkyl derivative of water • Alcohols are also classified according to the carbon the hydroxyl is directly attached to Chapter 2

  8. Some Alcohols

  9. Alcohols are Found in Many Natural Products

  10. Designer Drugs

  11. Ethers • Ethers have the general formula R-O-R or R-O-R’ where R’ is different from R • These can be considered organic derivatives of water in which both hydrogens are replaced by organic groups • The bond angle at oxygen is close to the tetrahedral angle

  12. Amines • Amines are organic derivatives of ammonia • They are classified according to how many alkyl groups replace the hydrogens of ammonia • This is a different classification scheme than that used in alcohols

  13. Aldehydes and Ketones • Both contain the carbonyl group • Aldehydes have one carbon attached to the carbonyl group • Ketones have two organic groups attached to the carbonyl group • The carbonyl carbon is sp2 hybridized • It is trigonal planar and has bond angle about 120o

  14. Adrogenic/Anabolic Steroids

  15. Carboxylic Acids, Esters and Amides • All these groups contain a carbonyl group bonded to an oxygen or nitrogen • Carboxylic Acids • Contain the carboxyl (carbonyl + hydroxyl) group • Esters • A carbonyl group is bonded to an alkoxyl (OR’) group

  16. Analgesics

  17. Fats and Fatty Acids

  18. From Ergot Fungus

  19. Functional Groupslink to Carey’s site

  20. Amide • A carbonyl group is bonded to a nitrogen derived from ammonia or an amine • Nitriles • An alkyl group is attached to a carbon triply bonded to a nitrogen • This functional group is called a cyano group Chapter 2

  21. Summary of Important Families of Organic Compounds

  22. Summary (cont.)

  23. From the Bark of the Pacific Yew Tree

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