Nomenclature Flashcards
What is the suffix for alkanes?
Give an example
-ane
Methane
What is the suffix for alkenes?
Give an example
-ene
Methene
What is the suffix for halagenoalkanes?
Give an example
None
Chloromethane
What is the suffix for alcohols?
Give an example
-ol
Methanol
What is the suffix for aldehydes?
Give an example
-al
Methanal
What is the suffix for ketones?
Give an example of a ketone
-one
propanone
What is the suffix for carboxylic acids?
Give an example of a carboxylic acid
-oic acid
Ethanoic acid
What is the suffix for anhydrides?
Give an example of an anhydride
-anhydride
Ethanoic anhydride
What is the suffix for esters?
Give an example of an ester
-oate
Propyl ethanoate
What is the suffix for acyl chlorides?
Give an example of an acyl chloride
-oyl chloride
Ethanoyl chloride
What is the suffix for amides?
Give an example of an amide
-amide
Ethanamide
What is the suffix for nitriles?
Give an example of an nitrile
-nitrile
Ethanenitrile
What is the suffix for amines?
Give an example of an amine
-amine
Ethylamine
What is the prefix for halogenoalkanes?
Give an example of an halogenoalkane
Halo-
Fluoroethane
What is the prefix for alcohols?
Give an example of an alcohol
Hydroxy-
2-hydroxyethanal