Petroleum A Naming Organic Compounds

I Flashcards

Use the chart on pg. 187 to answer some of these

questions.

CH3 | CH2 |CH3 – CH – CH2 – CH3

Name this compound.

3-methylpentane

(the longest branch is 5 C’s long)

The molecule 4-ethyl-2-methyl-hexane is an isomer of which straight chain alkane?

n- nonane

Name and describe the three “alkyl groups” we’ve used to name alkanes.

methyl – CH3

ethyl – CH2 – CH3

propyl – CH2 – CH2 – CH3

The molecule 2,2 – dimethyl butane is an isomer of which straight chain alkane?

n - hexane

CH3 |CH3 – CH – CH3

Name this compound.

2-methylpropane

CH3 |CH3 – CH – CH2 – CH3

Name this compound.

3-methylbutane

CH3 |CH3 – CH2

Name this compound.

propane

CH3 |CH3 – C – CH3 | CH3

Name this compound.

2,2-dimethylpropane

CH3 |CH2 – CH2 – CH2 – CH2 | CH3 Name this compound.

n-hexane

CH3 |CH3 – C – CH2 – CH3 | CH3 Name this compound.

2,2-dimethylbutane

CH2 – CH3 |CH3 – CH2 – CH – CH2 – CH2 | CH3

Name this compound.

3-ethylhexane

CH3 CH2 – CH3 | |CH3 – CH – CH – CH – CH2 – CH3 | CH2 – CH3

Name this compound.

3,4-diethyl-2-methylhexane

CH3 CH2 – CH3 | |CH3 – CH2 – C – CH2 – CH – CH2 – CH3 |

CH3

Name this compound.

3-ethyl-5,5-dimethylheptane