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Organic Chemistry
Undergraduate 2
02/15/2015

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Term
IUPAC naming of aldehydes
Definition

Name the longest carbon chan containing the carbonyl by replacing the e on the alkane wht al.

ie: propane = propanol

Term
IUPAC naming of benzene wth an aldehyde
Definition
Benzaldeyde
Term
Common name of Methanal as an aldehyde
Definition
Formaldehyde
Term
Common name of Ethanal as an aldehyde
Definition
Acetaldehyde
Term
Common name of Propanal as an aldehyde
Definition
Propionaldehyde
Term
Common name for Butanal as an aldehyde
Definition
Butyraldehyde
Term
Prefix for alcohol as a substituent group of a higher priority molecule
Definition

Hydroxy-

3-hydroxypentanal

CH3-CH2-CH-CH2-C-H

                 |          ||     

            OH        O

 

Term
IUPAC naming of a ketone
Definition
Name the longest carbon chain, give the suffix -one.
Term
Common ketone name for Propane
Definition
Propanone/Acetone
Term
Common ketone name for Butane
Definition
Butanone
Term
Common ketone name for Pentane wth the oxygen double bonded to the middle carbon
Definition
3-pentanone
Term
Naming a cyclic ketone starts from what location?
Definition
The carbonyl carbon.
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