Molecular representations and nomenclature - Essentials of Organic Chemistry - page 6

Table 1.1 ( continued )

Functional group Structure Suffix Prefix

Alcohol
primary alcohol

-ol hydroxy-

CH 2 OH

secondary alcohol

CHOH

tertiary alcohol

C OH

phenol

Ar OH

Thiol (mercaptan) -thiol mercapto-

SH

Amine
primary amine

-amine amino- (or aza-)

NH 2

secondary amine

NH NHR

tertiary amine

N

NR 2

Ether (ether) -oxa- (or alkoxy-)

O

OR

Sulfide (thioether) (sulfide) alkylthio- (or thia-)

S SR

Alkene -ene alkenyl-

CC

Alkyne -yne alkynyl-

CC

Halides (halide) halo-

X

Nitro nitro-

O

N NO 2

O

Alkanes -ane alkyl-

CC

1.4 Systematic nomenclature

size to this volume. A very much-abbreviated version
suitable for our requirements is given here:

Organic compounds are named according to the inter-
nationally accepted conventions of the International
Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC).
Since these conventions must cover all eventualities,
the documentation required spans a topic of similar

• the functional group provides the suffix name;

• with two or more functional groups, the one with

the highest priority provides the suffix name;