EXAM 4: Nomenclature (both)

Question 1

What is the substituent name for alcohol?

Answer 1

When -OH is a substituent it is hydroxy

Question 2

What is the substituent name for thiol?

Answer 2

When -SH is a substituent it is mercapto

Question 3

What is the substituent name for amine?

Answer 3

When an NH2, NH or N is a substituent it is amino

Question 4

What is the substituent name for -CN?

Answer 4

Cyano

Question 5

What is the ranking of highest priority to lowest priority for carboxylic derivative parents?

Answer 5

Carboxylic Acid>Ester>Amide

Question 6

What functional group is this?

Answer 6

Carboxylic Acid

Question 7

What functional group is this?

Answer 7

Ester

Question 8

What functional group is this?

Answer 8

Amide (can also be secondary or tertiary amides - all the same)

Question 9

When the parent is a carboxylic acid, what does the IUPAC name end in?

Answer 9

‘oic acid’

Question 10

What is the general formula for naming carboxylic acid derivatives?

Answer 10

-substituents + carbon prefix-#-alkane/ene/yne + parent chain ending

Question 11

When the parent is an ester, what does the IUPAC name end in?

Answer 11

‘oate’

Question 12

When the parent is an Amide, what does the IUPAC name end in?

Answer 12

‘amide’

Question 13

What parent has higher priority, Aldehyde or Ketone?

Answer 13

aldehyde>ketone

Question 14

What is the substituent name of an aldehyde?

Answer 14

Oxo - if the carbonyl carbon is a part of the main chain and gets a # on C=O
Formyl - carbonyl + H hanging off of the main chain

Question 15

What is the substituent name of a ketone?

Answer 15

Oxo - if the carbonyl carbon is a part of the main chain and gets a # on
Acetyl - carbonyl + CH3 hanging off main chain

Question 16

What is the suffix when the parent is an aldehyde?

Answer 16

‘al’

Question 17

What is the suffix when the parent is a ketone?

Answer 17

‘one’