What are functional groups?

The question requires one to explain the meaning of functional groups

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It is an atom or a group of atoms that identifies as a class of organic compounds.

Carbon has the ability to form bonds between atoms of the same element e.g carbon and carbon. This is called catenation.

Carbon catenates to form chains and rings,with singular, double or triple bonds.
The chains include: polymers
Benzene rings
Polycyclic compounds

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Sally the guru answered the question on June 5, 2020 at 12:00

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