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Nomenclature of Organic Compounds

This document provides a list of common names for various organic compounds organized by functional groups and compound types. It includes 23 entries listing common names for alkanes, alkenes, alkyl halides, alcohols, ethers, ketones, carboxylic acids, and aromatic compounds.
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Nomenclature of Organic Compounds

This document provides a list of common names for various organic compounds organized by functional groups and compound types. It includes 23 entries listing common names for alkanes, alkenes, alkyl halides, alcohols, ethers, ketones, carboxylic acids, and aromatic compounds.
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Nomenclature & Common Name 3

-ESSENTIAL COMMON NAMES-


ALKANE
13 Malonic acid
1 CH 3 CH CH CH 3 Isopentane
|
CH 3 CH 2 COOH
14 | Succinic acid
ALKENE CH 2 COOH
2 CH2=C=CH2 Allene
CH2 COOH
ALKYL HALIDE
15 CH2 Glutaric acid
3 CHCl 2 Westron (Solvent) CH 2 COOH
|
CHCl 2
16 CH 3 C CH 2 C O C 2 H 5
|| ||
4 ClCH=CCl2 Westrosol or O O
Triclean (Solvent)
ALCOHOL Aceto Acetic Ester (AAE)
or Ethyl Aceto Acetate
5 CH 2 OH Glycol or Ethylene Glycol
| N–DERIVATIVES
CH 2 OH
17 CH2=CH–C N Vinyl Cyanide or
Acrylo Nitrile
6 CH 2 CH CH 2 Glycerol
| | | 18 NH 2 C NH 2 Guanidine
OH OH OH ||
NH
7 CH2=CH–CH 2–OH Allyl Alcohol
AROMATIC COMPOUNDS
8 CH2=CH–OH Vinyl Alcohol
19 Anthracene
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ETHER
9 C6H5–O–CH3 Anisole
(Methyl Phenyl Ether) 20 Thiophene

KETONE
10 CH3 COCH 3 Acetone 21 Sulphanilic acid
CARBOXYLIC ACID

11 HO CH COOH Malic acid 22 Azulene


|
CH 2 COOH

12 HO CH2 COOH Glycolic Acid


23 Napthalene

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CH3
CH3
24 o–xylene
34 Terephthalic acid

25 m-xylene CO2H
35
NH2

Anthranilic acid (o-aminobenzoic acid)


26 Nitrobenzene (oil of mirbane)

36 C6H 5CHO Benzaldehyde


NH2
SO3H
27 Orthanilic Acid HETROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS

37 Pyrrolidine
28 o-Cresol

38 Piperidine
29 m-Cresol

30 C 6H 5CO 3 H Perbenzoic acid


CH3
39 Tetrahydrofuran (THF)

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CH3 CH3
CO2H

31 CO2H
o-toluic acid, m-toluic acid, CO2H 40 Oxirane or Ethylene Oxide or
m.p. 105°C m.p. 111°C p-toluic acid,
m.p. 180°C
Toluic acids
Oxo Cyclo Propane

32 Phthalic acid
41 Quinuclidine

33 Isophthalic acid
42 Aniline

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SOME REAGENTS POLAR APROTIC SOLVENTS
43 Grignard’s reagent RMgX
51 DMS Dimethyl sulphide CH 3–S–CH3
44 NBS N-Bromosuccinimide
52 DMSO Dimethyl sulphoxide Me2S=O

53 HMPT Hexamethylphosphoramide
or
POLAR PROTIC SOLVENTS HMPTA O=P–(NMe2)3
45 H –O–H Water
54 DMF Dimethyl formamide
46 R–O–H Alcohol
H C NMe 2
||
OH O
47 Phenol
55 Crown ethers Cyclic polyethers

48 CH3–C–OH Acetic acid O


O O O
O
49 HF Hydrogen Fluoride

50 NH 3 Ammonia (12 – C – 4)
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-DESIRABLE COMMON NAMES-
ALKANES 13 CH 3 C C H Methyl Glyoxal or
|| || Pyruvialdehyde
CH 3 O O
|
1 CH 3 C —— CH CH 3 Triptane KETONE
| |
CH 3 CH 3
14 Phorone
2 – CH2 CH2 CH CH3 Isopentyl Group
|
CH3

ALKENES 15 Mesityl Oxide


3 CH3–CH2–CH=CH2 –Butylene

4 CH3–CH=CH–CH3 –Butylene
16 H2C=C=O Ketene
5 CH 3 C CH 2 Iso Butylene
| CARBOXYLIC ACID
CH 3
17 CH3–CO–COOH Pyruvic Acid
ALKYNES
6 HC CH Purified Acetylene or Norcelyne
18 C6H 5 CH COOH Mendalic Acid
|
7 CH3–C CH Allylene OH

ETHER 19 NH 2COOH Carbamic Acid


8 CH3CH(OCH3)2 Methylal (Amino formic Acid)
ALDEHYDE COOH
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CHO 20 | Oxalic acid
9 | Glyoxalic acid COOH
COOH
ACID DERIVATIVES
CH 3
| 21 Cl C C Cl Oxalyl Chloride
CH C CHO || ||
10 3 Pivaldehyde O O
|
CH 3
or
(CH3)3C–CHO 22 NH 2COONH 4 Ammonium Carbamate

11 (CH3)2CHCHO Isobutyraldehyde 23 NH 2 C C NH 2 Oxanamide


|| ||
O O
12 CH 3 C C CH 3 Dimethyl Glyoxal
|| ||
O O
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AROMATIC COMPOUNDS
33 H 2N NH2 Benzidine

24
34 Hydrazobenzene

Orange II

25 Butter Yellow
35 Wurster salts

26 Furfural

36
27 Coumarine
Saccharin (o-sulphobenzoic imide)
37 C6H 5COCOC6H 5 Benzil

28 Michler’s Ketone 38 (C6H5)2C(OH)CO2H Benzilic acid

HETROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS

39 Morpholine
29 Tropone

(Cycloheptatrienone)
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30 Tropolone
Hexa-methylenetetramine or Urotropine
(Cycloheptatrienolone)
41 Oxitane
OH

31 –naphthol 42 CH 3 C NH 2 Amidine
||
NH
OH
32 –naphthol

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SOME REAGENTS 50 Liemieux reagent NaIO4 + [Link].KMnO4
43 LAH Lithium aluminium 51 TEL Tetra ethyl lead
hydride : L iA lH 4

52 Gillman’s reagent R2CuLi/[R2Cu]– Li+


44 SBH Sodium borohydride
NaBH4
53 Tollen’s reagent alk. sol. of AgNO3
45 PCC Pyridinium chlorochromate
54 Fehling’s reagent alk. sol. of CuSO4

CrO3Cl 55 Hinsberg’s reagent

SOME GROUPS

46 Raney Nickel Ni–Al alloy 56 Ts Tosyl

47 Wilkinson’s
Tris(Triphenylphosphine) 57 Ms Mesyl
catalyst chlororhodium (I)
(PPh3)3RH Cl
58 Ac Acyl
48 Bayer’s reagent 1% dil. alkaline
[Link]. of KMnO4
59 Bs Brosyl

49 Braddy’s reagent

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2,4 DNP
60 Tf Triflate

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