Question

Explain the nomenclature of carbon compound..

Answer 1

Nomenclature of Carbon Compounds: International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) decided some rules to name the carbon compounds. ... Example: Saturated hydrocarbon having one carbon atom is named as Methane. Saturated hydrocarbon having two carbon atoms is named as Ethane.

Answer 2

Answer:

Rules of nomenclature of carbon compounds are given by IUPAC:

• According to IUPAC nomenclature  longest continuous  carbon chain should be taken as the parent chain.
• Other than parent chain remaining groups are considered as the substituent
• Any functional group present in carbon chain considered as a part of the parent chain
• The carbon chain is numbered in a manner so that substituents and functional groups get the least possible number.
• The first letter of the name should be capital.
• There should be a hyphen between number and letter.

Example: $CH_{3}CH_{2}CH_{2}OH$ = 1-Propanol

( The carbon atom which is attached to OH group is numbered as 1 and there is 3 carbon atoms in the structure hence name is 1-Propanol.)

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