This chapter shows how the addition of functional groups increases the variety of organic compounds. It presents reactions that enable chemists to add functional groups to hydrocarbons or link organic molecules, and discusses oxidation-reduction reactions with organic compounds.

In this chapter, you will learn: to define a functional group to describe halocarbons to describe the structures and naming of alcohols and ethers to define an addition reaction to distinguish among the carbonyl groups of aldehydes, ketones, carboxylic acids, and esters to define polymer and monomer