Organic Chemistry Nomenclature Flashcards

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The more ______ the carbon is, the higher priority it has in the molecule
Oxidized
Oxidation state increases with more bonds to ______, and decreases with more bonds to ______
Heteroatoms, hydrogen
Heteroatoms
Atoms besides carbon and hydrogen like oxygen nitrogen phosphorus, or halogens
Question 4
Methyl
Question 5
Ethyl
Question 6
N-propyl
Question 7
4-ethyl-5-isopropyl-3,3-dymethyloctane
List the steps of IUPAC nomenclature
1. Identify the longest carbon chain containing the highest order functional group2. number the chain3. name the substituents4. assign a number to each substituent5. complete the name
Question 9
Highlight the parent chain in each of the following compounds
Answer 9
How are numbers separated from each other and from words in a compound's name?
Numbers are separated from each other with commas, and from words with hyphens
Hydrocarbons
Compounds that contain only carbon and hydrogen atoms
Alcohols
Contain at lease one -OH group, which lends them additional reactivity
Alkanes
Simple hydrocarbons molecules with the formula CnH(2n+2)
Question 14
CH4
Methane
Question 15
C2H6
Ethane