Question

difference between functional groups and heteroatoms​

Answer 1

Answer:

Explanation:

ydrocarbons, by definition, consist of Hydrogen and Carbon atoms that are connected through single bonds. This simple definition should help distinguish between substituents and functional groups. Carboxylic Acid -COOH has oxygens and a double bond and is a functional group, not a substituent.

Answer 2

Functional groups

Common functional groups. chemical compound

Chemists observed early in the study of organic compounds that certain groups of atoms and associated bonds, known as functional groups, confer specific reactivity patterns on the molecules of which they are a part. Although the properties of each of the several million organic molecules whose structure is known are unique in some way, all molecules that contain the same functional group have a similar pattern of reactivity at the functional group site. Thus, functional groups are a key organizing feature of organic chemistry. By focusing on the functional groups present in a molecule (most molecules have more than one functional group), several of the reactions that the molecule will undergo can be predicted and understood.