This is a teaching and learning material which I have devised in order to help my students to remember the functional groups in organic chemistry. It is a little bit "dark" but that's the twist to its operating system. I want the material to be emotional driven so that the information can be etched deeper into their brains!

1. Functional Groups

2. These cute animals have been kidnapped. If they are not
saved, they will be killed!
As a group of amazing CHEMHEROES we need to save
them before it’s too late!

3. PROF. KIDNAPPER!!!
HA! HA! HA! Do you
wanna play a game?
The animals are all with
me and soon they’ll be
experimented to death!
If you wanna save them,
you need to play along!

4. PROF. KIDNAPPER!!!
I hope your
FUNCTIONAL
GROUPS
knowledge is good.
Because, you need
it in order to save
these animals.

5. PROF. KIDNAPPER!!!
This is how we play the
game.
I am going to show you a
molecular structure and
you need to decide what is
the functional group
attached to it.

6. PROF. KIDNAPPER!!!
REMEMBER!
You need to get it
right.
Otherwise this will
happen…

7. HA! HA! HA!

8. Let’s play! Question 1:
CH3
C-C Double Bond
&
C-C Triple Bond
C-C Double Bond
&
Halogen
C-C Double Bond

9. Good! Now, Question 2:
OH
Alkoxy
Hydroxyl
Halogen

10. Well done! Now, Question 3:
H3C
O
CH3
OH
Acyl
Hydroxyl
Alkoxy

11. Good! I’ve decided to let the cats go.
Don’t get cocky yet! Question 4:
H3C
C-C Double
Bond
CH
CH2
Acyl
CH3
CH2
Benzene Ring

12. Excellent! Moving on to Question 5:
O
H3C
HC
CH2
C OH
CH2
NH2
Amino
Anhydride
Cyano Group

13. Ugh! Your intelligence starts to annoy me!
Fine! Let’s see if you can answer Question 6:
CH3
Benzene Ring
C-C Double
Bond
Carboxyl

14. You’re smart. Let’s try Question 7:
H3C
O
CH2
CH2
CH3
C
O
Carboalkoxy
Alkoxy
Anhydride

15. Almost there! Now, Question 8:
O
OH
Carbonyl
Hydroxyl
Carboxyl

16. They are saved!! Well done CHEMHEROES!!
Excellent job!!! I keep my words.
I have set the animals free. Thanks to
your willingness to learn the
Functional Groups.

17. PROF. KIDNAPPER!!!
WRONG ANSWER!!!
The cage is now empty…
You know what’s
happened to the animals!