Organic Nomenclature: A Programmed IntroductionChemical nomenclature is essential for accurate and convenient communication of chemical information. Accurate communication depends on names that identify substances precisely, unambiguously, and uniquely. Convenient communication depends on names based on broadly applicable guidelines that are reasonably easily used beyond a single compound, names that ideally convey identity even to a knowledgeable person encountering them for the first time. |
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acyl alcohol aldehyde alkane alkene linkage alkyl group represented Alkynes allyl anhydride assigned position number basis benzene called carbanion carbon carbon atoms carbonium ion carbons numbered carbonyl group carboxylic acids CH-CH CH₂ CH3 CH3 chain of carbon CHAPTER Chemical chemists chlorohydrin classes of compounds classified common name complete name compound named compound represented condensed structural formula COOH cycloalkane derived name diene double bond ester ether ethoxy example formula CH four carbons functional class name functional group Geneva name geometrical glycol halide hydrogen hyphens isobutyl isomeric isomers isopropyl IUPAC name IUPAC substitutive name ketone longest continuous chain methyl methyl substituent methylenes molecular formula NH₂ nitrogen norbornane number designating number of carbon OH group organic chemistry organic compounds ORGANIC NOMENCLATURE parent chain parent compound positions of substitution prefix iso primary s-butyl secondary separate word specified stituents structural formula structural prefix substituent systematic ending systematic name tertiary toluene two-word names vinyl