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Organic Functional Groups

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 43mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What functional group is -OH

a)

Hydroxyl

b)

Carboxyl

c)

Amino

d)

Carbonyl Ketone

2.
Classify the compound based on the functional group present.
a)
carboxylic acid
b)
aldehyde
c)
alcohol
d)
ether
3.

Classify the compound based on the functional group present.

a)

alkane

b)

alkene

c)

alkyne

4.

Classify the compound based on the functional group present.

a)

aldehyde

b)

ketone

c)

alcohol

d)

carboxyl

5.
Classify the compound based on the functional group present.
a)
alkane
b)
alkene
c)
alkyne
d)
aromatic
6.
How is a Carboxyl Group commonly written?
a)
-OH
b)
 -COOH
c)
-COH
d)
-CHOH
7.

hydroxyl group

a)
b)
c)
8.

Which homolgous series contains only C-C single bonds?

a)

alkanes

b)

alkenes

c)

alcohols

d)

carboxylic acids

9.

-COO is the functional group for...

a)

alcohols

b)

esters

c)

carboxylic acids

d)

amides

10.

Name this carboxylic acid

a)

ethanoic acid

b)

prpoanoic acid

c)

butyl butanoate

d)

butanoic acid

11.

Name this ester

a)

ethyl ethanoate

b)

propyl ethanoate

c)

methyl ethanoate

d)

ethyl methanoate

12.

Organic molecules contain (at least) the elements

a)

Nitrogen and Oxygen

b)

Phosphorous and Sulfur

c)

Carbon and Hydrogen

d)

Oxygen and Hydrogen

13.
How many carbons are in the longest chain?
a)
5
b)
3
c)
1
d)
6
14.
Name the compound
a)
2 - dimethylpropane
b)
2 - methylbutane
c)
2,2 - dimethylpropane
d)
2,2 - dimethylpentane
15.
What is the formula we use to determine the number of hydrogens an alkane has?
a)
CnH2n
b)
CnH2n-2
c)
CnHn
d)
CnH2n+2
16.

What functional group is -OH

a)

Hydroxyl

b)

Carboxyl

c)

Amino

d)

Carbonyl Ketone

17.

Classify the compound based on the functional group present.

a)

ketone

b)

ester

c)

carboxylic acid

18.
Classify the compound based on the functional group present.
a)
aldehyde
b)
ketone
c)
carboxylic acid
d)
ester
19.
Classify the compound based on the functional group present.
a)
carboxylic acid
b)
aldehyde
c)
alcohol
d)
ether
20.

Name the compound based on the functional group present.

a)

methanol

b)

aldehyde

c)

ethanol

21.
Classify the compound based on the functional group present.
a)
alkane
b)
alkene
c)
alkyne
d)
aromatic
22.
Classify the compound based on the functional group present.
a)
alcohol
b)
ketone
c)
ester
d)
ether
23.
Classify the compound based on the functional group present.
a)
alkane
b)
alkene
c)
haloalkane
d)
haloalkene
24.
What is the functional group of an alcohol?
a)
-COO-
b)
-COOH
c)
-C=C-
d)
-OH
25.
Esters are known for......
a)
the bright colours
b)
flammability
c)
exploding
d)
smell
26.
Name this structure.
a)
methylpropanoate
b)
ethylethanoate
c)
ethylpropanoate
d)
propylethanoate
27.
Classify the compound based on the functional group present.
a)
amine
b)
amide
c)
ether
d)
ester
28.
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
29.
What type of isomer is shown? 
a)
Structrual isomers
b)
Cis-trans isomers
c)
Enantiomers
d)
They're not isomers, its the same structure
30.

What functional group is shown?

a)

carboxyl

b)

carbonyl

c)

hydroxyl

d)

amino

31.

What functional group is shown?

a)

carbonyl

b)

hydroxyl

c)

carboxyl

d)

amino

32.
a)

sulfhydryl

b)

hydroxyl

c)

amino

d)

phosphate

33.
Classify the compound based on the functional group present.
a)
Amine
b)
Amide
c)
Aldehyde
d)
Ether
34.
Classify the compound based on the functional group present.
a)
ether
b)
ester
c)
carboxylic acid
d)
ketone
35.
Classify the compound based on the functional group present.
a)
aldehyde
b)
ketone
c)
carboxylic acid
d)
ester
36.
Classify the compound based on the functional group present.
a)
carboxylic acid
b)
aldehyde
c)
alcohol
d)
ether
37.
Classify the compound based on the functional group present.
a)
alcohol
b)
ketone
c)
ester
d)
ether
38.
Classify the compound based on the functional group present.
a)
alkane
b)
alkene
c)
alkyne
d)
aromatic
39.
Alkynes are identified by a chain containing:
a)
a triple bond
b)
a James Bond
c)
a single bond
d)
a double bond
40.

Correctly identify the class of organic molecule that has the functional group shown.

a)

ether

b)

halogenoalkane

c)

alcohol

d)

alkyne