Question

State the meaning of functional group in a carbon compound. Write the functional group present in; (i) ethanol and; (ii) ethanoic acid arid also draw their structures.(Delhi - 2014)

Answer 1

Answer:

alcohol group in ethanol

carboxylic acid in ethanoic acid

Answer 2

Dear Student,

◆ Functional group -

Functional groups are specific moieties within compounds that are responsible for its specific characteristics.

● Examples -

(i) Functional group present is ethanol is alcohol (-OH).

CH3-CH2-OH

(ii) Functional group present is ethanoic acid is carboxylic acid (-COOH).

CH3-COOH

[Look at images fpr structures of ethanol and ethanoic acid.]

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