Naming compounds Includes functional groups
alkane
hydrocarbon containing single bonds ONLY (-ane)
branched chain alkane
Name the branches w/ C# prefix and then suffix -yl (methyl, ethyl, etc.)
alkene
hydrocarbon w/ one or more carbon-carbon double bonds (-ene), prefix = longest straight chain
alkyne
hydrocarbon w/ one or more carbon-carbon triple bonds
(-yne), prefix = longest carbon chain