State the meanming of functional group in carbon compounds .Name afunctional group present in ethanol and propanoic acids .And draw their structures
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A functional group is a portion of a molecule that is a recognizable/classified group of bound atoms. In organic chemistry it is very common to see molecules comprised mainly of a carbon backbone with functional groups attached to the chain.
In ethanol, the functional group present is alcohol and that in propanoic acid is carboxylic acid. Their structures are in the attachment:
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