8 Intro Organic & Plastics
8.3 Functional Groups
8.5 Some General Organic Reaction Types
8.6 Big 6 Plastics
8.7 LDPE vs HDPE
8.8 Other Plastics
8.11 Nature's Polymers
8.42 Learning Outcomes
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Most of the chemical and physical properties of organic compounds can be attributed to what functional group is present in the structure. Most of the time a functional group also means a whole classification of species. However, note that some groups don't necessarily make a full classification of compound type - like a carbonyl group. It is in many types/classifications of compounds so you have to see what the group is next to in order to determine the classification.
X = F, Cl, Br, I
–CH3 methyl group
–CH2– methylene group
-C6H5 phenyl group
-CH2-C6H5 benzyl group
-C6H4– phenylene group