Chemistry A-Level
Functional group to reaction mapping
What Functional group to reaction mapping means in Chemistry A-Level, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Functional group to reaction mapping
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Using the functional groups you have identified to say how a molecule will behave, linking each group to its characteristic chemistry.
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