Can you name the Organic Chemistry Functional Groups? by JeffSpeakman

Formation	Functional Group
'OH' Hydroxyl Group
Only C-N Single Bonds and/or N-H Single Bonds
CN Triple Bond
C-(Generic Halogen)
O=C with C Attached to N
C=O with -C and -H off of C
CC Triple Bonds

Formation	Functional Group
C=O Connected to -OC Group
C=O Carbon Connected to two more C's
C-O-C Bond
C=C Double Bonds
C=O Connected to -OH Group
6-Membered Rings Alternating C-C and C=C
Only C-C or C-H Single Bonds

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Organic Chemistry Functional Groups Quiz

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Created Feb 9, 2010 in Science
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	koko:	Feb 10th, 2010 at 03:13 GMT	1 point
	The 6-membered carbon ring with alternating single and double bonds is also called benzene or aromatic.

	arpw:	Feb 10th, 2010 at 13:46 GMT	5 points
	Seriously, 10 minutes? Maybe 2 at most. You could add peroxides, peracid, hydroxylamines, (hemi)acetals, thiols, thioesters, thioethers, imines, azo, oximes, nitros... and maybe put in diagrams of the functional groups!

	zertrudetrout:	Feb 10th, 2010 at 20:45 GMT	-1 points
	@koko: no, the generic functional group name is indeed 'arene'. Lots of molecules can be described as aromatic, not all are 6 carbons. The most obvious example being the cyclopentadiene anion (a very common ligand in transition metal chemistry). Benzene refers strictly to the molecule C6H6. Might want to add 'olefin' as an alternative to 'alkene', and 'alkyl halide' or 'haloalkane' is a better answer than simply 'halide'. That said, this is one of the better organic chemistry quizzes on Sporcle!

	ryguy579:	Feb 11th, 2010 at 03:46 GMT	1 point
	You need to accept alkyl halide for "halide." I also tried almost everything I could think of short of arene for the aromatic one. Phenyl, benzene, benzyl, aryl, aromatic, etc. They're all small variations on a generic description. I think they should be accepted. Especially if you are asking for a functional GROUP, you could certainly call it an "aryl group," which you currently do not accept. Similarly with "cyano" for the CN triple bond. If you're asking for the group, the group can certainly be called a cyano group. Also, far too much time.

	mjenks:	Mar 26th, 2010 at 14:57 GMT	1 point
	Ten minutes is way too long, and your functional group acceptance is far too narrow. Really? Benzene, phenyl, aromatic ring, cyclohexatriene? None of those are acceptable for "arene". Same with alkyl halide, alkyl bromide, alkyl chloride...all of those I tried and none were accepted.