Naming Organic Compounds Practice: Exercises

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Chemistry 0871 Learning Centre

Naming Organic Compounds Practice

EXERCISES
A. Identify the class of the following compounds. For any alkanes, alkenes, alkynes,
aromatic compounds, carboxylic acids or alcohols, provide the IUPAC name of the
molecule. For the four special monosubstituted benzenes, use the common name.
1) I 8)
Br CH3

2) H2C CH3 9) H2C CH3


H3C CH CH2CH2 CH3 H3C C C CH CHCH3
H3C

3) O 10) O
H3C C CH2 CH3 H3C CH2CH2 CH2 CH

4) Cl CH3 11) O
H3C CH CH C CH2 CH2 CH2 CH3 HO C CH2CH2CH2 CH2 CH3
CH3 CH2CH3

5) CH 2CH 3 12) OH
CH 2CH 3 H3C CH CH CH CH3
CH3 H3C

6) CH3 13) H3C


H2C CH CH CH2 H3C C C C CH3
CH3 CH3 CH2CH3

7) O 14) H2C CH3

H3C CH C O CH3 H3C CH CH O CH2 CH3


CH3 CH3

Authored by Emily Simpson


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B. Draw the structural formulas for the following compounds:

1) 1-pentene 7) 4-methylhexanoic acid

2) 2-methyl-3-heptyne 8) 2,3-dichloro-4-ethyl-2-hexene

3) 3-ethyl-4,5-dimethylpentane 9) 2,4-dinitrotoluene

4) 2-ethyl-1-pentanol 10) 3-ethyl-2,3-dimethyl-2-pentanol

5) m-bromophenol 11) 5-chloro-4-methyl-3-heptanone

6) 3,3,6,6-tetraethyl-4-octyne 12) 3-phenyl-1-propyne

C. Draw all possible open-chain structures for the following molecular formulas and
name them:
1) C5H12

2) C5H10

3) C3H8O

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