Rules for naming

step 1

Pick the longest continuous carbon chain in the molecule.

If more than one base has a long chain you?

Pick the chain with the greater amount of substituents

Step 2

Form the base name for the molecule.

Step 3

Number the carbon chain.

Where do you start to number carbon chain?

On the side closets to the first substituents

Step 4

Describe all substituents that are attached to the main chain

What to do if a substituent or functional group occurs more than once?

greek prefixes

what to uses between numbers and letters

dashes

Step 5

put everything together and name it