Organic Chemistry,Alkanesfashion Done by Ang An JunClass: 4P201 Hwa Chong Institution |
Lesson 4: STUPID ALKANE NAMES!Tuesday, August 17, 2010How do we actually name these long chains of carbon? 1) Find the longest continuous carbon chain in the compound. This gives the parent name for the compound - This means that the number appearing in the name is a smaller number. 2) Number each carbon atom in the longest chain, starting from the end nearest to the branch
3) Name the group joined to the chain and state the number of the carbon atom in which it is joined.  4) If the chain has 2 or more similar groups joined to it, prefixes like di-, tri-, tera- is used to indicate the no. of groups present 5) If a chain has 2 or more different groups joined to it, the groups are written in alphabetical order i.e. ethyl before methyl. 2:50 AMObjectivesQuizVideostag |
