CHEMISTRY 104 – Practice Sheet #3

Organic: Identifying Functional Groups; Naming Molecules

Functional groups: alcohol, ether, aldehyde, ketone, carboxylic acid, ester, amide, and amine.
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Prepared by Dr. Tony Jacob
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1. For each molecule circle and name the functional group. Some molecules will have more than one
functional group; in those cases circle and name all functional groups present.
HO

a. CH3CH2OH b. O c.

O O O

d. O e. OH f. g.

O O O

h. HO i. O j. CH3COOH k. HO

O O

NH2 NH
N HO NH2

l. m. n. o.

O O O O O O

O O
OH HO OH O NH2

p. q. r. s.

O OH

t. O O u. HCHO v. HCOOH w. CH3(CO)CH3

OH

x.
2. Write the names for the chemicals shown below; these chemicals include the following functional groups:
alcohols, ethers, aldehydes, ketones, carboxylic acids, esters, and amines.
OH O
OH

a. b. c. d. NH2

OH

O O O

e. f. g. h. OH

O Br Br O

O
OH

i. j. H2N k. l. O

O O

N
m. O n. O o. H

3. Draw the organic structures using line notation given the names below; these chemicals include the
functional groups: alcohols, ethers, aldehydes, ketones, carboxylic acids, and esters.
a. 3,3,4-trimethyl-2-pentanol b. dimethylether c. 2,4,6-trichloro-3-hexanol

d. 3-methyl-2-butanol e. 2,3-dimethyl-1-butanal f. 3-ethyl-4,4-dimethyl-2-pentanone

g. 2,3,4-trimethyl-1-pentanoic acid h. 2,2,3,3,-tetrachloro1-1-propanal i. 1,3-dibromo-2-pentanone

j. 1-propanoic acid k. ethylmethylpropylamine l. methylethanoate

m. ethylamine n. propylbutanoate o. ethylhexanoate

ANSWERS
HO

CH3CH2OH H3C CH2 OH O

1. a. or , alcohol b. , ether c. , alcohol
O O

O OH
d. , ether e. , carboxylic acid f. , ketone
O
O

HO
g. , aldehyde h. , carboxylic acid
O
O

O CH3COOH H3C C OH
i. , ester j. or , carboxylic acid
O

N
HO
k. , carboxylic acid l. , amine
O O

NH2
HO NH2

m. , ketone and amine n. , carboxylic acid and amine

O O

NH
OH

o. , amine p. , ketone and carboxylic acid

O O O O

HO OH O NH2

q. , 2 carboxylic acids r. , ester and amide

O

O OH

O O
O O

s. , 2 ketones t. , 2 esters and 1 carboxylic acid

O O

C C
H H H OH HCOOH
u. , aldehyde v. or , carboxylic acid
O OH

w. , ketone x. , alcohol