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SAI International School
Class-X
Subject - Chemistry
Ch- Carbon & it's Compounds
Subtopic-Functional group (Continued)
(Acids, Ketone & Ester)
Lesson Notes
Functional group-
In organic chemistry, functional groupiseither one atom or a group of atoms, within a
molecule, that isresponsible for the characteristic chemical properties of that
molecule.
The same functional group will undergo the same or similar chemical reaction
regardless of the size of the molecule.
o Carboxylic acid [R/H-COOH]–
There are a number of functional groups that contain a carbon-oxygen double
bond (-C=O),which is commonly referred to as a carbonyl.
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