Functional Groups: Physical and Chemical Properties

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This podcast will cover the main functional groups to know for the MCAT.

What I'm gonna do is I'm gonna introduce the different functional groups to know, then I'll talk about their physical and chemical properties, their relevance in biological reactions, and then their reactivity.

And then lastly, I will mention how the MCAT likes to ask questions regarding these functional groups.

This material shows up in two out of the four MCAT sections.

That's gonna be the Chem/Phys section and the Bio/Biochem section.

And all in all, understanding functional groups and their reactivities, their physical properties, their chemical properties, all that is very important for the MCAT.

You will see problems on the MCAT regarding functional groups.