Organic Chemistry prefixes and suffixes

-oic acid

carboxylic acids

-oic anhydride

anhydrides

-oate, -carboxylate

esters

-oyl halide, carbonyl halide

acyl halides

-carboxamide, -amide

amides

-carbonitrile, -nitrile

nitriles

-al, -carbaldehyde

aldehydes

-thial

Thioaldehydes

-one

ketones

-thione

thiones

-ol

alcohols

-thiol

thiols

-amine

amines

-ane, -ether

ethers

sulfide

sulfides/thioethers

-ene

alkenes

-yne

alkynes

-ane

alkyl halides, nitros, and alkanes

carboxy-

carboxylic acid

alkocarbonyl

ester

halocarbonyl-

acyl halide

carbamoyl-

amide

cyano-

nitrile

formyl-

aldehyde

thioformyl-

thioaldehyde

oxo-

ketone

thioxo-

thione

hydroxy-

alcohol

mercapto-/sulfanyl

thiol

amino-

amines

alkoxy-/oxa-

ether

alkylsulfanyl-/alkylthio-/thia-

sulfide

alkenyl

alkene

alkynyl

alkyne

halo-

alkyl halide

nitro-

nitro

alkyl-

alkane