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Rules for Nomenclature of Organic Compounds By IUPAC System
Select longest continuous carbon chain containing double bond, tiple bonds and functional groups
if any and named it as Root.
If Two Carbon chain are of Equal length then select that Carbon Chain which contains maximum
number of branches.
After selecting longest carbon chain, number the carbon atom of the chain from nearest to unique
part (High Priority Functional Group).
If two different alkyl radicals present at the same position from both side of the
cahin number the carbon atom from nearest to smaller alkyl radical.
If double bond and triple bond appears at the same position from both side of the
chain then number the carbon atom from nearest to double bond.
If two different functional groups appears at the same position then numbering
preference will be given to High Priority Functional Group.
Order of Precedence of Functional Groups
Priority Name of Functional Group Formula As Functional Group As Substituent
1 Carboxylic Acids R – COOH -Alkanoic acid -carboxy
2 Esters R – COOR -Alkyl Alkanoate -oxycarbonyl
3 Amide R – CONH2 -Amide -carboxamide
4 Aldehydes R – COH -Alkanal -formyl
5 Ketones R – COR -Alkanone -oxo
6 Alcohols R – OH -Alkanol -hydroxy
7 Amines R – NH2 -Amino Alkane -amine
8 Ethers R – OR -Alkoxy Alkane
9 Alkenes C=C -ene
10 Alkyne C≡C -yne
11 Halogens ( F2 > Cl2 > Br2 > I2 ) -X Halo
12 Alkyl Radical -R
For Naming:
Position of Alkyl Radical(s) if any with their multipilicity (if any) and their names in alphabetic order
+ name of root with functional group name if any.
Q1: Give IUPAC names of the following compounds?
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1. CH2(OH) ̶ CH2(OH) 2. (CH3)2CH(CH2)2C2H5
3. CCl3 ̶ CHO 4. CH(OH) CH = CH CH2OH
5. (C6H5)2 CHBr 6. CH3 ̶ O ̶ CH2 ̶ CH3
7. CH2(COOH)2 8. CH3 ̶ CO ̶ CCl3
9. CH3 ̶ CH (CH3) ̶ C ≡ CH 10. CH3 ̶ CH (Cl) ̶ CH (CH3) ̶ COOH
11. Cl ̶ CH2 ̶ CH2 ̶ C(CH3)2 ̶ CH3 11. Cl ̶ CH2 ̶ CH2 ̶ C(CH3)2 ̶ CH3
12. (CH3)3 ̶ C ̶ Br 13. C6H5 ̶ O ̶ C6H5
14. CH3 ̶ CH (CH3) ̶ CH2 ̶ CHO 15. CH3 ̶ CO ̶ C(CH3)2 ̶ CH3
16. Br ̶ CH ̶ COOH 17. (CH3)3 ̶ C ̶ CHO
18. CH3 ̶ CH ̶ CH(CH3) ̶ CH3 19. (CH3)2CH ̶ CH(CH3) ̶ CH2 ̶ CH3
20. C2H5 ̶ O ̶ C2H5 21. CH3CHO
22. HC≡C ̶ CH=CH2 23. CH3 ̶ CH=CH ̶ CHO
24. (CH3)2 ̶ CH ̶ CO ̶ CH ̶ (CH3)2 25. (CH3)2CHOH
26. CH2 ̶ C(Br)2 ̶ CHO 27. Br3C ̶ COOH
28. C2H5 ̶ COOCH3 29. CH2(OH) ̶ CH2(OH) ̶ CH2(OH)
30. (CH3)3 ̶ C ̶ CH2 ̶ CH3 31. CH2=CH ̶ CH2 ̶ CO ̶ CH3
32. (CH3)2 ̶ CH ̶ COOH 33. CH3CH2 COO C2H5
34. CH3 ̶ CH2 ̶ CO ̶ CH(Cl) ̶ CH3 35. CH3 ̶ CH2 ̶ CO ̶ CH(Cl) ̶ CH3
36. CH3 ̶ CH(OH) ̶ (CH2)4Br 37. CH3 ̶ CH2 ̶ C(C2H5)2 ̶ CHO
38. CH3 ̶ CH(OH) ̶ CH2 ̶ COOH 39. CH2=CH ̶ CH2 ̶ C≡C ̶ CH3
40. CH3 ̶ COO ̶ CH(CH3)2 41. (CH3)3 ̶ C ̶ OH
42. (CH3)2 ̶ CH ̶ CO ̶ C(CH3)3 43. CH3 ̶ CH(C2H5) ̶ CH2 ̶ CHO
44. C3H7 ̶ O ̶ CH3 45. HCOOCH(CH3)2
Q2: Give the Structural Formulae of the following?
1. 2.3 ̶ dichloro, 1 ̶ Pentene 2. Bromo acetic acid
3. Ethyl acetate 4. 3,3 ̶ dimethyl, 1 ̶ Butyne
5. Di-Ethyl acetylene 6. Isopropyl Bromide
7. 3 ̶ Bromo,4 ̶ methyl,3 ̶ hexane 8. 1,4 ̶ Hexadine
9. 5,5 ̶ dimethyl Hexan ̶ 3 ̶ one 10. 2 ̶ Bromo, 3 ̶ methyl Hexanoic acid
11. Iso ̶ butyraldehyde 12. Isopropyl Alcohol
13. Methyl Ethyl ether 14. Methoxy Benzene
15. β ̶ Naphthol 16. Picric acid
17. P ̶ Bromo nitrobenzene 18. ∝ ̶ Chloro propanol
19. 4,4 ̶ dimethyl, 2 ̶ Pentyne 20. 2-butene, 1-ol
21. Isobutane 22. 2,2-dimethyl 1,4-hexandiol
23. Tri-chloro Ethanol 24. 2,4-dimethyl, 3-Pentaxone
25. Methyl; Isopropyl Ether 26. 2-Chloro, 3-methyl butanoic acid
27. 2,2,3,3-Terramethyl Pentane 28. Tri-phenyl methane
29. 1,2,3-Propanetriol 30. Para-bromo benzoic acid
31. 3-bromo Pentanoic acid 32. Hexane dioic acid
33. 2,2-dimethyl Propanoic acid 34. 2-Chloro Propenol
35. 1-Bromo Propanone 36. 2-Hydroxy Propanoic acid
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37. m-dinitro Benzene 38. P-nitro toluene
39. ∝, β-dimethyl Butraldehydes 40. Valeric acid
ALCOHOL (R-OH)
Q1: Name the following a/c to IUPAC system?
1. CH3-CHOH-(CH2)4Br 2. Cl-CH2-CH(CH3)-CH2-OH
3. CH3-CH=CH(CH3)-CH2OH 4. CH2=CH-CH2-OH
5. CH2(OH)-CH=CH-CH2OH 6. CH3-CH=CH-CH2OH
Q2: Write the structural formulae of the following?
1. Sec-butyl alcohol 2. Neo-pentyl alcohol
3. 3-methyl butanol 4. Iso-butyl alcohol
5. Tert-butyl alcohol 6. 3-ethyl-3-methyl-2-pentanol
7. 2,2-dimethyl, 1-4-hexandiol
ALDEHYDES (R-CHO)
Q1: Name the following a/c to IUPAC system?
1. HCHO 2. CH3CHO
3. CH3CH2CHO 4. CCL3-CHO
5. CH3-CH(CH3)-CH2-CHO 6. CH3-C(CH3)2-CHO
7. CH3-CH2-C(Cl)(CH3)-CHO 8. Br-CH2-CH2-CHO
9. (CH3)2CH-CHO 10. CH3-CH(Cl)-CH2-CH2-CHO
11. CH3-CH2-CH(CHO)-CH(CH3)-CH2-CH3
12. CH3-C(Cl)(CH3)-CH=CH-CHO
13. CH3-CH2-C(C2H5)2-CHO 14. CHO-(CH2)3-CHO
15. CH3-C(Br)2-CH2-CH2-CHO
Q2: Write the structural formulae of the following?
1. Isobutraldehyde 2. 2-chloropropanal
3. ∝-methyl propionaldehyde 4. β-methyl butyraldehyde
5. Propanal 6. Valeraldehyde
7. 2-methyl butanal
KETONE (R-CO-R)
Q1: Name the following a/c to IUPAC system?
1. CH3-CO-CHBr2 2. CH3-CO-C(CH3)2-CH3
3. CH3-CH2-CO-CH(CH3)-CH3
4. CH3-CH(CH3)-CO-CH(CH3)-CH3
5. CH3-CO-CH=CH-CO-CH3 6. CH3-CO-CH2-CH2-CO-CH3
7. CH3-CO-CH2-CH3 8. CH3-CO-CH3
9. (CH3)2CH-CO-CHCl2 10. CH3-CH(C2H5)-CO-CH3
11. OHC-CH2-CO-CH3 12. CH3-CH=CH-CO-CH3
13. CH3-CO-CH(CH3)2 14. (CH3-CO-C(CH3)3
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15. CH3-CH(CH3)-CO-CH(C2H5)-CH2-CH3
Q2: Write the structural formulae of the following?
1. Methyl-ter-butyl ketone 2. Pentan-2-one
3. 4,5-dimethyl, 3-heptanone 4. 1-bromo,3-methyle hexan-2-one
5. Methyle ethyl ketone 6. 2,4-dimethyl hexane-3-one
7. Methyl propyl ketone 8. 5,5-dimethyl hexan, 3-one
CARBOXYLIC ACIDS (R-COOH)
Q1: Name the following a/c to IUPAC system?
1. (CH3)2-CH-COOH
2. CH3-CH(CH3)-CH(CH3)-COOH
3. CH3-CH(CH3)-CH(Br)-CH2-COOH
4. CH3-CH(Cl)-CH(CH3)-COOH
5. CH3-CH=CH-COOH
6. CH3-CH2-CH=CH-CH2-CH2-CH2-CH(Br)-COOH
7. CH3-CH=CH-CH(NO2)-CH(Cl)-COOH
8. CH3-C(CH3)=C(CH3)-COOH
9. HOOC-COOH
10. HOOC-CH2-CH2-COOH
11. CH3-CH=C(CH3)-CH(CH3)-COOH
12. HOOC-(CH2)3-COOH
Q2: Write the structural formulae of the following?
1. 3-chloropentanoic acid 2. ∝, β-dimethyl butyric acid
3. Valeric acid 4. 2-bromo-3-methyl hexanoic acid
5. ∝-hydroxy propionic acid
NOMENCLATURE OF ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
Q1: Give IUPAC name of the followings?
a. H-CHO b. CH3-CH2-CHO
c. CH3-CHO d. CCL3-CHO
e. CH3-CH(CH3)-CH2-CHO f. CH3-C(CH3)2-CHO
g. CH3-CH2-C(CL)(CH3)-CHO h. Br-CH2-CH2-CHO
i. (CH3)2CH-CO j. CH3-CH(Cl)-CH2-CH2-CHO
k. CH3-CH2-CH(CHO)-CH(CH3)-CH2-CH3
l. CH3-C(Cl)(CH3)-CH=CH-CHO m. CH3-O-CH3
n. CH3-O-CH2-CH3 o. C3H7-O-C2H5
p. CH3-O-CH2-CH2-CH3 q. C6H5-O-C6H5
r. (CH3)2CH-O-C2H5 s. C2H5-O-C(CH3)3
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