define fuctional groups
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In organic chemistry, functional groups are specific substituents or moieties within molecules that are responsible for the characteristic chemical reactions of those molecules. The same functional group will undergo the same or similar chemical reaction regardless of the size of the molecule it is a part of
A functional group is defined as an atom or group of atoms (present in place of hydrogen(s) in a hydrocarbon) in an organic molecule that gives the molecule its characteristic chemical and physical properties. For example the OH group is a functional group and the organic compounds containing the OH group are called alcohols. The compounds containing this group show similar chemical properties (provided they do not contain any other functional group). Other functional groups include the carboxyl group (-COOH group), the aldehydic group (-CHO group), the keto group (C=O group), halogen atom (X, where X = F, Cl, Br, I ) etc.
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