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Total cards: 24•Content version: v4•Public deck•Updated: 8/1/2026

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#1
Front (Question)

Give the general formula of alcohols.

Back (Answer)

ROH

#2
Front (Question)

Give the general formula of aldehydes.

Back (Answer)

RCOH

#3
Front (Question)

Give the general formula of ketones.

Back (Answer)

RCOR’

#4
Front (Question)

Give the general formula of carboxylic acids.

Back (Answer)

RCOOH

#5
Front (Question)

Give the general fromula of acid anhydrides.

Back (Answer)

(RCO)2O

#6
Front (Question)

Give the general formula of esters.

Back (Answer)

RCOOR’

#7
Front (Question)

Give the general formula of ethers.

Back (Answer)

ROR’

#8
Front (Question)

Give the structural formula of alcohols.

Back (Answer)

R-OH

#9
Front (Question)

Give the structural formula of aldehydes.

Back (Answer)

R-C=O | H

#10
Front (Question)

Give the structural formula of ketones.

Back (Answer)

R-C-R || O

#11
Front (Question)

Give the structural formula of carboxylic acids.

Back (Answer)

O || R-C-O-H

#12
Front (Question)

Give the structural formula of acid anhydrides.

Back (Answer)

O O || || R-C-O-C-R’

#13
Front (Question)

Give the structural formula of esters.

Back (Answer)

R | C=O | O | R

#14
Front (Question)

Give the structural formula of ethers.

Back (Answer)

R-O-R

#15
Front (Question)

Prefix/suffix of alcohols

Back (Answer)

-ol

#16
Front (Question)

Prefix/suffix of aldehydes

Back (Answer)

-al

#17
Front (Question)

Prefix/suffix of ketones

Back (Answer)

-one

#18
Front (Question)

Prefix/suffix of carboxylic acids

Back (Answer)

-oic acid

#19
Front (Question)

Prefix/suffix of acid anhydrides

Back (Answer)

-oic anhydride

#20
Front (Question)

Prefix/suffix of esters

Back (Answer)

-oate

#21
Front (Question)

Prefix/suffix of ethers

Back (Answer)

-oxy-

#22
Front (Question)

Describe primary alcohols.

Back (Answer)

When in -OH is attached to a carbon bonded to only one carbon.

#23
Front (Question)

Describe secondary alcohols.

Back (Answer)

When the -OH is attached to a carbon bonded to 2 carbons.

#24
Front (Question)

Describe tertiary alcohols.

Back (Answer)

When the -OH is attached to a carbon bonded to three carbons.