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IUPAC nomenclature
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- Lowest locant to the double bond
- Naming alkenes
- Naming enynes
- Structure from IUPAC name
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2013 NEET 1 question
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Structure of the compound whose IUPAC name is 3-Ethyl-2-hydroxy-4-methylhex-3-en-5-ynoic acid is:Number the chain from the –COOH carbon (C-1): –OH on C-2, ethyl on C-3, C=C between C-3 and C-4, methyl on C-4, C≡C between C-5 and C-6.
$HC\equiv C-C(CH_3)=C(C_2H_5)-CH(OH)-COOH$
2012 AIPMT-PRE 1 question
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Which nomenclature is not according to IUPAC system?When a double bond and a halogen are both present, the double bond gets the lower number.
$Br-CH_2-CH=CH_2$ is numbered from the double-bond end: $CH_2=CH-CH_2Br$ is 3-bromoprop-1-ene.
So the name 1-bromo-prop-2-ene is not according to the IUPAC system; the other three names are correct.
2011 AIPMT-PRE 1 question
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The correct IUPAC name of the compound
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The structure is $CH_2=CH-CH(CH_2CH_2CH_3)-CH(CH_2CH_3)-CH_2-CH_3$.
The parent chain must be the longest chain that contains the double bond; it has six carbons, so the parent is hexene.
Numbering starts from the end nearer to the double bond, so the double bond is at C-1: hex-1-ene.
With this numbering there is a propyl group on C-3 and an ethyl group on C-4.
Substituents are written in alphabetical order (ethyl before propyl).
IUPAC name: 4-Ethyl-3-propylhex-1-ene
2010 AIPMT-MAINS 1 question
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The IUPAC name of the compound $CH_3CH=CHC\equiv CH$ isThe chain has five carbons with one double bond and one triple bond, so the parent name is pentenyne.
The chain is numbered so that the multiple bonds get the lowest set of locants.
Numbering from the triple-bond end gives the locants (1, 3): triple bond at C-1, double bond at C-3.
Numbering from the methyl end gives the locants (2, 4): double bond at C-2, triple bond at C-4.
(1, 3) is lower than (2, 4), so numbering starts from the triple-bond end. In the name, 'ene' is written before 'yne'.
IUPAC name: Pent-3-en-1-yne
