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Write suffixes and prefixes for some important characteristic functional group in a tabular form.

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Functional group Structural Formula Structure Name Prefix Suffix
Alcohol R-OH R-OH R-OH CH3 - CH2 - OH Ethanol hydroxyl -ol
Aldehyde R-CHO CH3-COH Ethanal formyl- -al
Ketone R-COR1 CH3 - CO - CH3 Dimethylketone oxo- -one
Carboxylic acid R-COOH CH3-COOH Ethanoic acid carboxy- -oic acid
Ether R - O -R R - O -R CH3 - O - CH3 Dimethyl ether oxy- -alkoxy
Esters R- COO- R CH3 - COO - C2H5 Ethyl Acetate Oxycarbonyl- -oate
Amies R - NH2 R- NH2 CH3 - NH2 Methyl amine amino- -amine
Halogen derivatives R - X R -X CH3 - CH2CEthyl Chloride halo- halide

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