From Models to Materials

Small chemical unit that makes up a polymer.

Large compound formed from combinations of many monomers.

A polymer formed by chain addition reactions between monomers that contain a double bond.

Compounds composed of only carbon and hydrogen.

A series of organic compounds with the same functional group but with each successive member differing by $CH_2$.

A specific configuration of atoms commonly attached to the carbon skeletons of organic molecules and involved in chemical reactions.

Molecules with the same molecular formula but different arrangements of atoms.

An organic compound with a hydroxyl ($-OH$) functional group.

Organic compounds characterized by an oxygen atom bonded to two alkyl or aryl groups ($R-O-R$).

Organic molecule with a carbonyl group at the end of the carbon skeleton ($R-CHO$).

Organic molecule with a carbonyl group within the carbon skeleton ($R-CO-R$).

Organic acid containing the carboxyl functional group ($-COOH$).

Organic compound made by chemically combining an alcohol and an organic acid ($R-COO-R$).

Organic compound containing a carbonyl group linked to a nitrogen atom.

Organic compound with a $C \equiv N$ group.

Saturated hydrocarbons containing only single covalent bonds.

Unsaturated hydrocarbons containing at least one carbon-carbon double bond.

Unsaturated hydrocarbons containing at least one carbon-carbon triple bond.