I know how to name hydrocarbons but I need to be able to name them quickly. So do you know any tricks or short cut on naming the or at least a website that has practice problems with naming them by looking at a lewis structures.
I only need to be able to name alkanes,alkenes, and alkynes
Answer:
The prefixes are all based on the number of carbons except for the first 4, which are whimsical and just have to be memorized:
1 - methane (no alkene or alkyne)
2 - eth-
3 - prop-
4 - but-
then:
5 - pent-
6 - hex-
7 - hept-
8 - oct-
9 - non-
10 - dec-
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