Alcohols, Halides, Ketone and Ethers

ALCOHOLS:
-contain functional groups OH (hydroxol)
one OH : Ends in ol
two OH : Ends in diol
three OH : Ends in triol

Example : Ethanol



HALIDES:
- it only includes group 17 from the periodic table
ending : O
Flourine: Floro
Chlorine: Cloro
Bromine: Bromo
Iodine: Ioda

Example: 1 cloroethane



KETONE:
- double bonded oxygen
- ends in anone
-double bond cannot be in the beginning or the end

Example: butanone



ETHERS:
-only contains oxygen
- always between two carbons
- numerical order ( not alphabetical order like the others)
-ends in ether

Example: dimethyl ether

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