Saturday, January 10, 2009

Organic Compounds – Nomenclature - Conceptual Questions

1. What is IUPAC?
2. What are the rules for writing names of alkanes according to IUPAC system?
3. What are the IUPAC names for various groups of commonly known organic compounds?
4. What are the suffixed and prefixed for various functional groups in IUPAC system?
5. When you have to choose a principal group to determine IUPAC name of an organic compound, what is the order of choosing?
6. What are specific rules for numbering carbon atoms in various compounds?

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