MYP Naming Organic Compounds
MYP Naming Organic Compounds
MYP Naming Organic Compounds
Compounds
Alkanes (general formula: CnH2n+2)
Example 1:
Hexane
H2
CH3 CH2 CH CH2 CH2 C CH2
CH2
Main chain
CH3
Side chain
• 2) Side chain are ended with suffix –yl.
• 3) Number the main chain consecutively,
starting at the end nearest a side chain.
Example 2:
H2 H2
CH3 CH CH2 C C CH3
2-methylhexane
CH3
CH3
Example 3: CH3
CH2
3-ethyl-4-methylheptane
CH3
CH3 CH3
CH3
3,3,6-trimethyloctane
Naming Organic Compounds (Continued…)
• (1) Find and name the longest continuous carbon
chain.
• (2) Identify the type of bonding in the carbon chain
• All single bonds in the carbon chain -ane
• One double bond in the carbon chain -ene
• One triple bond in the carbon chain -yne
Example:
CH3 CH2 CH2 CH3 butane
CH3 CH CH CH2 CH3 pent-2-ene
CH3 C CH prop-1-yne (propyne)
H2
H3 C C C C CH2 CH3 hex-3-ene
H H
CH3
H 3-methylpent-1-ene
CH3 CH2 C C CH2
H
CH3
Ether -oxyalkane
C O C
OH
Carbonyl compounds-formulae
Structure carbonyl groups consists of
a carbon-oxygen double bond
H H H H O H
Displayed H C C C O H C C C H
H H H H
Skeletal O O
Carbonyl compounds-formulae
Aldehydes C2H5CHO propanal
CH3CH2COCH3 butanone
CH3COCH2CH2CH3 pentan-2-
one
CH3CH2COCH2CH3 pentan-3-
one
Example (ketone):
O
propanone
CH3 C CH3
O
H2
CH3 C C CH3 Butanone
Example (Aldehyde):
O
H2 propanal
CH3 C C H
H C OH methanoic acid
Alcohol -OH -ol
O
Aldehyde -CHO C H
-al
O
Ketone -CO- C C C
-one
O
Carboxylic Acid -COOH -oic acid
C OH
H
CH3 CH2 C CH3 2- bromobutane
Br
CH3I Iodomethane
Naming Ether
Naming Ester
Ethyl ethanoate
Ethyl butanoate
Propyl ethanoate
Naming Ester