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Organic Chemistry Ch. 1 - Nomenclature
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Organic Chemistry
Undergraduate 1
03/21/2016

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imine; put imine at end of name
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propionaldehyde
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N-ethyl-N-methyl-butanamide
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ketone; place -one at end if highest priority group; oxo- or keto- if not primary group
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formic acid
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formaldehyde
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ester; place -oate at end of name, the main carbon chain is that which comes from the carbonyl carbon. The group attached to the oxygen within the main chain is named as a constituent i.e. methyl butanoate; if not the primary group use prefix alkoxycarbonyl-
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carboxylic acid; place -oic acid at end of name if main group; prefix is carboxy- if not main group
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anhydride; name as you would carboxylic acid naming the constituents on either side with the -oic suffix but use anhydride at the end; if not the primary group use alkanoyloxycarbonyl- prefix
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amide; name the same as esters but use -amide and name the R constituents on amide as N-(name of constituent); if not main group use carbamoyl- or amido-
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acetone
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acetic acid
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acetaldehyde
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aldehyde; place -al at end of name if primary group; use oxo- prefix if not main group
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alkyne; add -yne to end; use alkynyl- prefix if not priority group
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alkene; add -ene to end; use alkenyl- if not priority group
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alkane; add -ane to end; use alkyl- it not priority group
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What is the order of priority for functional groups?
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1. carboxylic acid
2. anhydride
3. ester
4. amide
5. aldehyde
6. ketone
7. alcohol
8. alkene
9. alkyne
10. alkane
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What are the prefixes for numbers of carbons?
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1 - meth
2 - eth
3 - prop
4 - but
5 - pent
6 - hex
7 - hept
8 - oct
9 - non-
10 - dec-
11 - undec-
12 - dodec-
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