In this chapter, you will be introduced to the wide variety of organic compounds that are based on the reactions of carbon with itself, oxygen, halogens, and other compounds. These derivatives can be classified according to their functional groups as halocarbons, alcohols, ethers, aldehydes, ketones, carboxylic acids, esters, amines, or amides.

In this chapter, you will learn: to explain how several classes of organic compounds can be derived from hydrocarbons to identify the differences among halocarbons, alcohols, and ethers to identify the differences between aldehydes and ketones to identify the differences between carboxylic acids and esters to identify the differences between amines and amides