Chem0871 NamingOrganicCompoundsPractice
Chem0871 NamingOrganicCompoundsPractice
Chem0871 NamingOrganicCompoundsPractice
EXERCISES
A. Identify the class of the following compounds. For any alkanes, alkenes, alkynes,
aromatic compounds, carboxylic acids or alcohols, provide the IUPAC name of the
molecule. For the four special monosubstituted benzenes, use the common name.
1) I 8)
Br CH3
3) O 10) O
H3C C CH2 CH3 H3C CH2CH2 CH2 CH
4) Cl CH3 11) O
H3C CH CH C CH2 CH2 CH2 CH3 HO C CH2CH2CH2 CH2 CH3
CH3 CH2CH3
5) CH 2CH 3 12) OH
CH 2CH 3 H3C CH CH CH CH3
CH3 H3C
2) 2-methyl-3-heptyne 8) 2,3-dichloro-4-ethyl-2-hexene
3) 3-ethyl-4,5-dimethylpentane 9) 2,4-dinitrotoluene
C. Draw all possible open-chain structures for the following molecular formulas and
name them:
1) C5H12
2) C5H10
3) C3H8O
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SOLUTIONS
A. (1) aromatic compound: iodobenzene (2) alkane: 3-methylhexane (3) ketone
(4) alkane/alkyl halide: 3-chloro-4-ethyl-2,4-dimethyloctane (5) aromatic compound:
o-diethylbenzene or ortho-diethylbenzene (6) alkene: 3-methylpentene (7) ester
(8) aromatic compound: p-bromotoluene or para-bromotoluene (9) alkyne:
4-ethyl-5-methyl-2-hexyne (10) aldehyde (11) carboxylic acid: hexanoic acid
(12) alcohol: 2,4-dimethyl-3-pentanol (13) alkene: 2,4,4-trimethyl-2-hexene
(14) ether
3-methyl-1-butene 2-methyl-2-butene
H2C=CH−CH−CH3 H3C−C=CH−CH3
CH3 CH3
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