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Organic functional groups

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the functional group of an alcohol?
a)
-COO-
b)
-COOH
c)
-C=C-
d)
-OH
2.
What is formed when an alcohol reacts with a carboxylic acid?
a)
an ester and water
b)
water
c)
alkali
d)
an ester
3.
Esters are known for......
a)
the bright colours
b)
flammability
c)
exploding
d)
smell
4.
What is the functional group of a carboxylic acid?
a)
-COO-
b)
-COOH
c)
-C=C-
d)
-OH
5.
Which functional group is present in this molecule? 
a)
alcohol only 
b)
alcohol and amine
c)
aldehyde and amine
d)
alcohol and aldehyde
6.
Classify the compound based on the functional group present.
a)
aldehyde
b)
ketone
c)
carboxylic acid
d)
ester
7.
Name this structure.
a)
methylpropanoate
b)
ethylethanoate
c)
ethylpropanoate
d)
propylethanoate
8.
Esters are found in.....
a)
fats
b)
proteins
c)
sugars
9.
What is the name of the process by which polymers are broken down into monomers?
a)
dehydration synthesis
b)
condensation reaction
c)
dehydrolysis
d)
hydrolysis
10.
Name the following molecule?
a)
2,3-dichlorobutene
b)
cis-2,3-dichlorobutene
c)
trans-2,3-dichlorobutene
11.
Name the compound
a)
3-methyl-2-pentene
b)
2-ethyl-2-butene
c)
3-ethyl-2-butene
d)
1,1-dimethyl-propene
12.
Name the compound.
a)
3-methyl-2-pentene
b)
2-ethyl-2-butene
c)
3-ethyl-2-butene
d)
1,1-dimethyl-propene
13.
Classify the compound based on the functional group present.
a)
amine
b)
amide
c)
ether
d)
ester
14.
Thalidomide and L-dopa, shown below, are examples of pharmaceutical drugs that occur as enantiomers, or molecules that
a)
are cis-trans isomers
b)
are mirror images of one another
c)
are mirror images of one another and have the same biological activity
d)
have identical three-dimensional shapes
15.
What type of isomer is shown? 
a)
Structrual isomers
b)
Cis-trans isomers
c)
Enantiomers
d)
They're not isomers, its the same structure
16.
Identify the asymmetric carbon in this molecule
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
17.
Propene reacts with hydrogen chloride gas to give mainly
a)
1-chloropropane (CH3CH2CH2Cl)
b)
2-chloropropane (CH3CHClCH3)
c)
3-chloroprop-1-ene (CH2=CHCH2Cl)
d)
1,2-dichloropropane (CH3CHClCH2Cl)
18.
Which of these compounds is a secondary halogenoalkane?
a)
CH3CH(OH)CH3
b)
CH3CCl(CH3)CH3
c)
CH3CHClCH3
d)
CH3CH2CH2Cl
19.
The molecule drawn is the local anesthetic, ethyl-aminobenzoate. The functional groups in this molecule are
a)
amine and carbonyl
b)
amine, hydroxy and carbonly
c)
amine and ester
d)
carbonyl and ester
20.
The name of this compound is:
a)
heptan-2-one
b)
2-hexanone
c)
2-heptanone
d)
pentan-2-one