chemheroes to the rescue!

Functional Groups

These cute animals have been kidnapped. If they are notsaved, they will be killed!

As a group of amazing CHEMHEROES we need to savethem before it’s too late!

PROF. KIDNAPPER!!!

HA! HA! HA! Do you wanna play a game?

The animals are all with me and soon they’ll be

experimented to death!

If you wanna save them, you need to play along!

PROF. KIDNAPPER!!!

I hope your FUNCTIONAL

GROUPS knowledge is good.

Because, you need it in order to save

these animals.

PROF. KIDNAPPER!!!

This is how we play the game.

I am going to show you a molecular structure and

you need to decide what is the functional group

attached to it.

PROF. KIDNAPPER!!!

REMEMBER!You need to get it

right.

Otherwise this will happen…

HA! HA! HA!

Let’s play! Question 1:

CH3

C-C Double Bond &

C-C Triple Bond

C-C Double Bond &

HalogenC-C Double Bond

Good! Now, Question 2:

OH

Alkoxy Hydroxyl Halogen

Well done! Now, Question 3:

CH3 OCH3

OH

Acyl Hydroxyl Alkoxy

Good! I’ve decided to let the cats go.Don’t get cocky yet! Question 4:

CH3CH2

CHCH2

CH3

C-C Double Bond

Acyl Benzene Ring

Excellent! Moving on to Question 5:

CH3CH

CH2CH2

C

NH2

O

OH

Amino Anhydride Cyano Group

Ugh! Your intelligence starts to annoy me!Fine! Let’s see if you can answer Question 6:

CH3

Benzene RingC-C Double

BondCarboxyl

You’re smart. Let’s try Question 7:

CH3CH2

OC

CH2CH3

O

Carboalkoxy Alkoxy Anhydride

Almost there! Now, Question 8:

O

OH

Carbonyl Hydroxyl Carboxyl

They are saved!! Well done CHEMHEROES!!

Excellent job!!! I keep my words.

I have set the animals free. Thanks to your willingness to learn the

Functional Groups.

PROF. KIDNAPPER!!!

WRONG ANSWER!!!

The cage is now empty…

You know what’s happened to the animals!