7.0 Carbonyl Compounds
Learning Objectives
In this chapter you will learn to
- recognize structures that contain the functional groups aldehyde, ketone, carboxylic acid, ester, and amide
- provide names when given structures for simpler acids, aldehydes, ketones, and esters
- recognize certain characteristics of each of these organic families
- predict physical properties (including water solubility, melting and boiling points) for substances containing these functional groups
