Carboxylic Acid Functional Group
The carboxylic acid is a common functional group in many organic molecules and biomolecules. This text describes the basics of the carboxylic acid functional group, as well as some of its reactions and chemical effect.
Topics
- peptide formation
- condensation
- hydrolysis
- Grignard reagents
- reduction
- esterification
- Fischer esterification
- naming conventions
- COOH group
- oxidation
- Claisen condensation
- decarboxylation
- amino acids
- peptide bonds
- amide
- lipids
- fatty acids
- ester linkage
- biomolecules
- tricarboxylic acid
- reactions
- acid halides
- carboxylic acid
- functional group
- pH
- pKa