Functional Groups

What is this functional group and WHY should we care about it?

• Acetyl, because it's a poison.
• Hydroxyl, because it makes drugs last longer.
• Methyl, because it changes an enzyme's speed.
• Methyl, because it influences drug potency.

If two drugs share the same functional group, they most likely have a similar 

• shape
• function
• name
• addictiveness

This functional group is attached to morphine to turn it into heroin.

• Methyl
• Hydroxyl
• Acetyl
• Aldehyde

When alcohol (ethanol) is broken down in your body, it is turned into a type of 

• hydroxyl compound
• methyl compound
• acetyl compound
• aldehyde compound

Generally, an acetyl group will cause a drug to 

• cause someone to have nasty side effects
• be very addictive
• allow a drug to get pass the BBB faster
• allow a drug to bind to receptors more efficiently

If you wanted a drug to be broken down by MAO, what might you attach to it?

• methyl group
• aldehyde group
• amine group
• acetyl group