Summary Table of functional groups

FUNCTIONAL (CHEMICAL) GROUP - PROPERTIES
• compound name: Alcohol
• polar
• Hydrophilic (dissolves in wat
• forms hydrogen bonds with w
helping dissolve compounds s
sugars.
• compound name: ketone,Alde
• Polar
• Hydrophilic
• ALDEHYDES: located on the sid
carbon skeletons, KETONES ar
the middle (not sides).

• compound name: carboxy
acid or organic acid
• Hydrophilic
• Negatively charged
• Acts as an acid, Can donat
because the covalent bon
between H & O is so polar.
• Compound name: Amine
• Hydrophilic, polar
• Positively charged
• Acts as base, picks up +H fr
surrounding solution (like
water in living organisms

• Compound name: Thiol
• Hydrophilic, slightly polar
• found in hair. Protein hai
care breaks down sulfhy
group and makes the hair

straight.