8.1: Substituted Alkanes
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Functional groups are common in organic chemistry and similar functional groups will have similar physical and/or reactive properties. Many of these functional groups can be made via substitution reactions, or are the starting materials for substitution reactions.
Alcohols = R-OH (suffix –ol)
Alkyl halides – R-X
Amines – R-NH2 (primary), R2NH (secondary), R3N (tertiary), R4N+ (ammonium)
Ethers – R-O-R’
Thiols (mercaptans) – R-SH
Sulfides – R-S-R’