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ALKYL GROUP
- an alkyl group is formed when a hydrogen atom is removed from an alkane
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- the name comes from removing the –ane suffix from the name of an alkane and adding the –yl suffix meaning a side chain
NAMING ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemists(IUPAC) has developed a series of prefixes used to show the number of carbon atoms
Meth- one carbon chain
Eth- two carbon chain
Prop- three carbon chain
But- four carbon chain
Pent- five carbon chain
Hex- six carbon chain
Hept- seven carbon chain
Oct- eight carbon chain
Non- nine carbon chain
Dec- ten carbon chain
- they have also made a set of rules for naming organic compounds that we need to be familiar with
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