Naming

Rules for naming

1. identify the longest continuous carbon chain/ring

2. identify the parent functional group

3. identify all remaining substitutes

4. number the parent chain to determine the location of all substituents

5. put the compound name together

meth

1

eth

2

3

prop

4

but

5

pent

6

hex

7

hept

8

oct

9

non

10

dec

11

undec

12

dodec

2: number of the same group

di

3: number of the same group

tri

4: number of the same group

tetra

5: number of the same group

penta

6: number of the same group

hexa

7: number of the same group

hepta

2,5-dimethylhexane

3,4,5-trimethylhept-2-ene

1,1,4,4-tetrachlorocyclohexane

cyclopent-2-en-1-one

5-hydricy-4-methylpentanoic acid

2-bromobutan-1-al

methyl-

ethyl-

propyl-

isopropyl- (1-methylethyl)

fluoro-

chloro-

butyl-

isobutyl-

(2-methylpropyl)

sec-butyl-

(1-methylpropyl)

tert-butyl-

(1,1-dimethylethyl)

bromo-

iodo-

-oic acid

suffix/prefix for carboxylic acid

-oate

suffix/prefix for ester

-amide

suffix/prefix for amide

-oyl halide

suffix/prefix for acid halide

-al (-formyl)

suffix/prefix for aldehyde

-one (-oxo)

suffix/prefix for ketone

-nitrile (-cyano)

suffix/prefix for nitrile

-ol (-hydroxy)

suffix/prefix for alcohol

-amine (-amino)

suffix/prefix for amine

-oxy-

suffix/prefix for ether

-en- (-enyl)

suffix/prefix for alkene

-yn- (-ynyl)

suffix/prefix for alkyne

-benzene (-phenyl)

suffix/prefix for aromatic

halo- (chloro-)

suffix/prefix for halogen

-an- (-yl)

suffix/prefix for alkane