3.3 Nomenclature of Alkanes

Question 1

What are the steps to naming an alkane?

Answer 1

1. identify longest carbon chain
2. identify substituents
3. number the carbons (substituents on lowest number)
4. group together identical subsituents
5. alphabetize substituents (ignore prefix)

Question 2

How are number and words separated in the name of alkanes?

Answer 2

separate numbers from words with a hyphen and numbers from numbers by comma