organic chemistry

A functional group is an atom or a group of atoms in an organic molecule, which determines the physical and chemical properties of the molecule

Alkanes are the simplest hydrocarbons with no functional group

They are made up of carbon and hydrogen atoms bonded to each other with single covalent bonds

Organic chemistry is the chemistry of carbon compounds

Carbon forms a vast number of compounds because it can form strong covalent bonds with itself

This enables it to form long chains of carbon atoms, branched chains or cycles, and hence an almost infinite variety of carbon compounds are known

Carbon always forms four covalent bonds which can be single, double or triple bonds