Question

Q5 what are functional groups? what is the formula of functional group of alcohol and aldehyde?​

Answer 1

Answer:

Alcohols contain the hydroxyl functional group and can be primary, secondary, or tertiary. ... Aldehydes and ketones contain the carbonyl functional group. In an aldehyde, the carbonyl is at the end of a carbon chain, while in a ketone, it is in the middle. A carboxylic acid contains the carboxyl functional group

Answer 2

The heteroatom or group, which confer specific properties to compound regardless of the length and nature of Carbon chain, such groups are called "Functional groups".

Functional group of Alcohol is -OH and Functional group of Aldehyde is -C-H=O.