Nomenclature
name of the chapter: Nomenclature
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Organic chemistry deals with millions of
compounds. In order to clearly identify them, a systematic method of naming has been
developed and is known as the IUPAC
(International Union of Pure and Applied
Chemistry) system of nomenclature. In this
systematic nomenclature, the names are
correlated with the structure such that the
reader or listener can deduce the structure from
the name.
Before the IUPAC system of nomenclature,
however, organic compounds were assigned
names based on their origin or certain
properties. For instance, citric acid is named
so because it is found in citrus fruits and theBy further using prefixes and suffixes, the
parent name can be modified to obtain the
actual name. Compounds containing carbon
and hydrogen only are called hydrocarbons. A
hydrocarbon is termed saturated if it contains
only carbon-carbon single bonds. The IUPAC
name for a homologous series of such
compounds is an alkane. Paraffin (Latin: little
affinity) was the earlier name given to these
compounds. Unsaturated hydrocarbons are
those, which contain at least one carbon-carbon double or triple bond.
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