functional group, in organic chemistry, group of atoms within a molecule that is responsible for certain properties of the molecule and reactions in which it takes part. Organic compounds are frequently classified according to the functional group or groups they contain. For example, methanol, ethanol, and isopropanol are all classified as alcohols since each contains a functional hydroxyl group.

functional group

In molecules, any of numerous combinations of atoms that undergo characteristic chemical reactions themselves and in many cases influence the reactivity of the rest of the molecule. Organic compounds are often classified according to the functional groups they contain. Common functional groups include hydroxyl (−OH), in alcohols and phenols; carboxyl (−COOH), in carboxylic acids; carbonyl (−C=O), in aldehydes, ketones, amides, carboxylic acids, esters, and quinones; and nitro (−NO₂) and amino (−NH₂), in certain organic nitrogen compounds.

functional group [¦fəŋk·shən·əl ′grüp]

(organic chemistry)

An atom or group of atoms, acting as a unit, that has replaced a hydrogen atom in a hydrocarbon molecule and whose presence imparts characteristic properties to this molecule; frequently represented as R‒. Also known as functionality.

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The first covers the introduction of nitrogen-containing functional groups by amination of carbon-based nucleophiles.

Organic reactions; v.72 by SciTech Book News

13]C NMR method suits best for determination of different functional groups derived from F [9,10].

Structure of phenol-formaldehyde polycondensates/fenooli ja ... by Paju, Jane; Pehk, Tonis; Christjanson, Peep / Proceedings of the Estonian Academy of Sciences

Thousand Oaks, CA) has patented a process for separating a target protein (such as a recombinant protein produced in a cell culture) from a mixture containing the target protein and contaminants (such as cell culture contaminants), by contacting the mixture with a hydrophobic adsorbent comprising branched hydrocarbon functional groups in an aqueous salt solution and collecting the unbound flow-through fraction containing the target protein.

Amgen obtains United States patent by BIOTECH Patent News

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