What functional group can you identify in the below compound ?

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CH3COCH3

Choose one of the following:

alcohol amine aldehyde ketone ester amide ether nitrile

2006-12-12 09:06:24 · 2 answers · asked by mc 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Botany

There is a ketone present. That oxygen is double bonded to the central carbon and it must be in order to satisfy the octet of the central carbon.

2006-12-12 09:11:10 · answer #1 · answered by mg 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋

mg is right. At first I thought it was an ether, but it's a ketone. If it were an ether, the C bound to the O would be a CH2.

2006-12-12 17:24:50 · answer #2 · answered by Amy F 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋