Chem Class - May 18, 2010

Today, we went over what we learned last class and went over our homework. After that, we continued with our notes on Functional Groups:

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Aldehydes
- Double bonded O, single bonded H at the end of a chain
Naming: change the -e ending to -al

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Carboxylic Acids
- Found in insect bites
- Building blocks of fats/seroids

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Ester
- found in flavoring, perfumes, cospectics, fruits, vegetables oil
- They are formed by esterfication of carboxylic acids
- Name the primary chain with -yl ending
- Secondary chain ends in -oate

The following is what an esterfication reaction looks like: