Taxol (shown below) is a drug used to treat cancer, please identify the function group that is not in the structure. alcohol amide ester aldehyde ether
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Alcohol functional group: An alcohol has the general structure R-OH, where R is any alkyl or aryl group. In Taxol, there are several alcohol groups present, so this functional group is in the structure. Show more…
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