Question
Question: write the IUPAC name of the compound in the picture.  and unsaturated compounds (Alkene and Alkynes).
compound | suffix |
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Alkane | ane |
Alkene | Ene |
Alkyne | Yne |
If there is more than one suffix. Then one of those suffixes is considered as the secondary suffix.
Example: Methanol (Alkanol), here ‘ol’ is a secondary suffix.
The primary prefixes are used to differentiate between cyclic compounds and noncyclic or chain compounds. For cyclic compound prefix s ‘cyclo’. if there are any side chains or groups are present then secondary prefixes like ‘methyl’, ‘ethyl’, ‘propyl’, ‘isopropyl’ are used.
Now from the question, the compound is,
The IUPAC name of the compound is 1-Benzyl -3, 3 - dimethylprop-1-ene - 3 – ol.
Note: One must remember that every substituent should have a number and in the case of aromatic compounds, the positions concerning the first one is known as ortho (1,2;1,6), meta (1,3;1,5), and para (1,4). Use of commas to separate numbers and hyphens to separate numbers and substituents is done while writing the formula.