"The Carbonyl Family"

There's a double bonded carbon
Attached to a electronegative oxygen
This creates electron withdrawing
The carbonyl family

They are ketones and they are amides
Carboxylic acids with hydroxides
Don't confuse them for epoxides
The carbonyl family

If your using IR to read'em
1700 is where you will meet'em
Their low transmittance helps you see'em
The carbonyl family

And since the bond is double
This can make some trouble
For the planar sp2 bubble
In the carbonyl family

Which means its open from the backside
Vulnerable from an attack by
The enol of another?
Carbonyl family