In the early stages of an organic chemistry course people frequently get confused and daunted by the names because they try to do too much at once. Don't try to read all these pages in one go. Just go as far as the compounds you are interested in at the moment and ignore the rest.
www.chemguide.co.uk/basicorg/conventions/names.html www.chemguide.co.uk/basicorg/conventions/names.html
Explains how to write the formula for an organic compound from its name, and vice versa. ... This page continues looking at the names of organic compounds containing chains of carbon atoms. It assumes that you have already looked at the introductory page covering compounds from alkanes to ketones.
www.chemguide.co.uk/basicorg/conventions/names2.html www.chemguide.co.uk/basicorg/conventions/names2.html
Here is a web site that contains some additional organic stuff. (NOTE: to see the models displayed on many of these pages you will need the MDL Chemscape chime plugin for your browser. When you click on the link you will need to scroll the displayed page ... Notice all of the names of these compounds have an 'ane' ending.
intro.chem.okstate.edu/1014/Lecture/Organic.html intro.chem.okstate.edu/1014/Lecture/Organic.html
IUPAC nomenclature of organic chemistry - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The IUPAC nomenclature of organic chemistry is a systematic method of naming organic chemical compounds as recommended by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC). Ideally, ever...
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The name organic chemistry came from the word organism. Prior to 1828, all organic compounds had been obtained from organisms or their remains.
www.angelfire.com/bc2/OrgChem/
The full text of the IUPAC glossary of class names of organic compoundsand reactive intermediates based on structure ... GLOSSARY OF CLASS NAMES; OF ORGANIC COMPOUNDS ; AND REACTIVE INTERMEDIATES; BASED ON STRUCTURE...
www.chem.qmul.ac.uk/iupac/class/
GLOSSARY OF CLASS NAMES; OF ORGANIC COMPOUNDS ; AND REACTIVE INTERMEDIATES; BASED ON STRUCTURE ... INTERNATIONAL UNION OF PURE AND APPLIED CHEMISTRY; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY DIVISION; COMMISSION ON NOMENCLATURE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY; COMMISSION ON PHYSICAL ORGANIC CHEMISTRY...
www.chem.qmul.ac.uk/iupac/class/class.html
A tutorial from the Chemguide Understanding of Chemistry site, aimed at A level or similar advanced chemistry courses, on the naming of organic compounds, including: anhydrides, amides, nitriles, primary amines, secondary amines, tertiary amines, and amino acids. ... › Names of More Organic Compounds...
www.intute.ac.uk/sciences/cgi-bin/fullrecord.pl?handle=... www.intute.ac.uk/sciences/cgi-bin/fullrecord.pl?handle=1007656098-17330
The following tables list trivial and semisystematic names for parent structures and parent substituent prefixes that are retained in these IUPAC recommendations for naming organic compounds. They are of three types:
www.acdlabs.com/iupac/nomenclature/93/r93_671.htm