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Chemistry Forums for Students => Undergraduate General Chemistry Forum => Topic started by: thatcrazycow on September 15, 2020, 12:22:49 PM

Title: Can one functional group be part of another?
Post by: thatcrazycow on September 15, 2020, 12:22:49 PM

For example: Aren't carboxyl groups, aldehydes, esters, etc. all techncially types of ketone? Or do we not think about it this way?

Title: Re: Can one functional group be part of another?
Post by: Babcock_Hall on September 15, 2020, 12:52:54 PM

I don't agree with your example, but let me ask you what you think about the carbonyl (C=O) group.

Title: Re: Can one functional group be part of another?
Post by: sjb on September 15, 2020, 12:53:34 PM

Inspired by https://www.reddit.com/r/chemhelp/comments/iswzxr/why_is_this_not_an_aldehyde/ ?

Chemicals and parts of them do not exist in isolation.