nomenclature

Question 1

root names: chains of 1-4 carbons

Answer 1

1- meth
2- eth
3- prop
4- but

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Question 2

root names: chains of 5-12 carbons

Answer 2

5- pent
6- hex
7- hept
8- oct
9- non
10- dec
11- undec
12- dodec

Question 3

suffixes

Answer 3

hydrocarbons (alkanes/enes/ynes)
alkanes: -ane
alkenes: -ene
alkynes: -yne

halogens: “-ine” replaced with “o” (chlorine –> chloro)
alcohol: -ol
aldehyde: -al
ketone: -one
carboxylic acids: -oic acids
*add suffix to root name

Question 4

substituent prefixes…

Answer 4

go in alphabetical order (disregard di, tri, tetra, etc)

Question 5

prefixes number of that substituent goes before everything else

Answer 5

(number of substituents- go before everything else)
2- di
3- tri
4- tetra

Question 6

where do you start numbering the carbon chain?

Answer 6

1. carboxylic acids
2. aldehydes
3. ketones
4. alcohols
5. alkenes (1)/alkynes(2)
6. alkanes