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Functional group is an atom or a group of atoms that is present in a compound which is responsible for the physical and chemical properties of the compound.
Functional group is an atom or a group of atoms that is present in a compound which is responsible for the physical and chemical properties of the compound. Carbonyl carbon bonded to a hydroxyl group is known as
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