This is a list of some of the common functional groups encountered in organic chemistry.
10363678556 | Acyl Halide | ![]() | 0 | |
10363678557 | Alcohol | ![]() | 1 | |
10363678558 | Aldehyde | ![]() | 2 | |
10363678559 | Alkene | ![]() | 3 | |
10363678562 | Amide | ![]() | 4 | |
10363678563 | Amine | ![]() | 5 | |
10363678564 | Anhydride | ![]() | 6 | |
10363678566 | Carboxylic Acid | ![]() | 7 | |
10363678567 | Ester | ![]() | 8 | |
10363678568 | Ether | ![]() | 9 | |
10363678569 | Ketone | ![]() | 10 | |
10363678570 | Sulfide | ![]() | 11 | |
10363678571 | Thiol | ![]() | 12 | |
10363678574 | Alkyl halide | ![]() | 13 | |
10363678575 | Alcohol | ![]() | 14 | |
10363678576 | Ether | ![]() | 15 | |
10363678577 | Aldehyde | ![]() | 16 | |
10363678578 | Ketone | ![]() | 17 | |
10363678579 | Carboxylic acid | ![]() | 18 | |
10363678580 | Ester | ![]() | 19 | |
10363678581 | Amine | ![]() | 20 | |
10363678582 | Amide | ![]() | 21 | |
10363688598 | Eukaryote | membrane bound nucleus and organelles | 22 | |
10363691036 | Stereoisomer | spacial isomer: either diastereomer or enantiomer | 23 | |
10363696423 | Diastereomer | NOT mirror image, include cis/trans isomers | 24 | |
10363700438 | Enantiomers | Mirror image stereoisomers | 25 | |
10363716633 | Endergonic / exergonic reactions | require energy / give off energy | 26 | |
10363730777 | Biomolecules used in Fed-state | Glycogen Fatty acids Triglycerides Cholesterol Proteins | 27 | |
10363732248 | Biomolecules used in fasting-state | Glucose Acetyl CoA Ketone bodies Amino acides | 28 | |
10382848669 | Ribose | ![]() | 29 | |
10382850995 | Arabinose | ![]() | 30 | |
10382852942 | Xylose | ![]() | 31 | |
10382853412 | Galactose | ![]() | 32 | |
10382853699 | Glucose | ![]() | 33 | |
10382854456 | Mannose | ![]() | 34 | |
10382854820 | Fructose | ![]() | 35 | |
10382855067 | Ribulose | ![]() | 36 | |
10382855909 | Glucose | ![]() | 37 | |
10382868754 | Fructose | ![]() | 38 | |
10382868990 | Ribose | ![]() | 39 | |
10382888342 | Sucrose | ![]() | 40 | |
10382892295 | Sucrose | Disaccharide: glucose + fructose | 41 | |
10382892600 | Glyceraldehyde | ![]() | 42 | |
10382895757 | Maltose | ![]() | 43 | |
10382910982 | Glycogen | ![]() | 44 | |
10382911190 | Cellulose | ![]() | 45 | |
10382911278 | Starch | ![]() | 46 | |
10382918691 | Glycogen | polymer of alpha-D-glucose 1-4 and 1-6 linkages | 47 | |
10382920794 | Cellulose | 1-4 linkage of beta glucose monomers | 48 | |
10382921414 | Starch | 1-4 linkage of alpha glucose monomers | 49 | |
10383118600 | Sucrose linkage | Alpha(1,2) glucose and fructose | 50 | |
10383137068 | Glycoproteins | Proteins with glycogen attached | 51 | |
10383230697 | Lactose structure | Galactose beta 1-4 glucose linkage | 52 | |
10383230698 | Sucrose linkage | Glucose alpha beta 1-2 fructose linkage | 53 | |
10383230699 | Maltose linkage | Glucose alpha 1-5 glucose linkage | 54 | |
10383230700 | Chitin | Polysaccharide found in arthropod exoskeletons and fungal cell walls. | 55 | |
10383230701 | Agar | Heteropolysaccharide, gel-like | 56 | |
10383230702 | Agarose | A polysaccharide obtained from seaweed that is used as the supporting medium in gel electrophoresis. | 57 | |
10383230703 | Glycosaminoglycans | Linear polymers of repeating disaccharide units One of the monomers is either n-acetyl glucosamine or n-acetylgalactoseamine | 58 | |
10383230704 | Heparin | Anticoagulant | 59 | |
10383230705 | Glycoproteins | A protein with one or more covalently attached carbohydrates. | 60 | |
10383230706 | Glycolipids | Membrane carbohydrates that are covalently bonded to lipids. | 61 | |
10383230707 | ECM components | Proteoglycan aggregates, collagen fibers, elastin | 62 | |
10383230708 | Lectins | Carbohydrate-binding proteins | 63 | |
10383230709 | peptidoglycan | A protein-carbohydrate compound that makes the cell walls of bacteria rigid | 64 | |
10383230710 | hyaluronic acid | viscous, slippery, binds cells together and lubricates | 65 | |
10383230711 | Hydrolysis | A chemical process that splits a molecule by adding water. | 66 | |
10386921246 | Erythrose | ![]() | 67 | |
10386925212 | Aldehyde and ketone carbon | Electrophilic | 68 | |
10386926602 | Alcohol oxygen | Nucleophilic | 69 | |
10386927013 | DNA | Deoxy | 70 | |
10386927556 | RNA | Dideoxy | 71 | |
10386928083 | Alpha | Hydroxyl group on the trans side of CH2OH | 72 | |
10386929100 | Beta | Hydroxyl group on the cis side of CH2OH | 73 | |
10386930021 | Pyran | 6 membered ring | 74 | |
10386930022 | Furan | 5 membered ring | 75 | |
10386930884 | Reducing sugars | Have free anomeric carbon | 76 | |
10386934556 | Maltose | ![]() | 77 | |
10386936916 | Maltose | D-glucose + D-glucose (alpha 1 --> 4) | 78 | |
10386938828 | Lactose | Gal(beta 1 --> 4)Glc | 79 | |
10386943252 | Lactose | ![]() | 80 | |
10386944386 | Sucrose | ![]() | 81 | |
10386944956 | Sucrose | Glc(alpha 1 --> 2 beta)Fru | 82 | |
10386960103 | Trehalose | ![]() | 83 | |
10386974207 | Trehalose | Glc(alpha 1 --> 1 alpha)Glc | 84 | |
10386992270 | 8-12 | branch points on glycogen | 85 | |
10386996802 | 24-30 | branch points on amylopectin | 86 | |
10386997556 | Amylose | starch, unbranched polymer of glucose monomer (alpha 1-->4) | 87 | |
10387007422 | Amylopectin | starch, branched polymer of glucose (alpha 1--<4) and (alpha 1-->6) | 88 | |
10387014565 | Granules | Storage of glycogen and starch in cells | 89 | |
10386968472 | Trehalose | transport/storage in insects | 90 | |
10388598060 | Prokaryote | nucleiod | 91 | |
10388598687 | Eukaryote | Nucleus, nuclear membrane, membrane bound organelles | 92 | |
10388666521 | Exergonic | Reactions that release energy | 93 | |
10388666522 | Exergonic | Change in G negative | 94 | |
10388667329 | Endergonic | Reactions that require energy | 95 | |
10388667916 | Endergonic | Change in G positive | 96 | |
10388678563 | Triglyceride | Fats are metabolized to this when we eat them Circulate in the blood and are made up of three fatty acids attached to a glycerol. | 97 | |
10388679246 | Triglyceride | ![]() | 98 | |
10388690778 | Gluconeogenesis | the making of glucose from a noncarbohydrate source such as amino acids or glycerol | 99 | |
10388692515 | Glycogenesis | formation of glycogen from glucose | 100 | |
10388750518 | Chitin | A structural polysaccharide, consisting of amino sugar monomers, found in many fungal cell walls and in the exoskeletons of all arthropods. B(1-->4) | 101 | |
10388762311 | Glycosaminoglycans | are large organic polysaccharide molecules which occur in the ground substance of connective tissues; they trap water which makes the ground substance more jellylike. | 102 | |
10388764350 | Proteoglycan | A glycoprotein in the extracellular matrix of animal cells, rich in carbohydrate | 103 | |
10388771381 | Peptidoglycan | A protein-carbohydrate compound that makes the cell walls of bacteria rigid | 104 | |
10388773192 | Hyaluronate | viscosity, lubrication of extracellular secretions | 105 | |
10388780846 | Glycoproteins | A protein with one or more covalently attached carbohydrates. O-linked or N-linked | 106 | |
10388917807 | Gylcoproteins | Cell-cell communication Carb signaling Immune response | 107 | |
10388930731 | Proteoglycans | Allow for communication / Signaling: Cell growth Mobility Apoptosis Wound healing | 108 | |
10388950976 | Fatty acid | ![]() | 109 | |
10389434606 | Adenosine triphosphate | ATP | 110 | |
10389631366 | Glycogenolysis | breakdown of glycogen to glucose | 111 |