Aldehydes, Ketones, and their Derivatives ACD/Name

Ketones Rule C-313

313.1 - The name of a ketone having a ring or rings attached to a chain which contains
the carbonyl group or groups is formed from the name of the corresponding acyclic
hydrocarbon, with the radical name of the ring system as a substituent, the ketone group
or groups being indicated by a suffix "-one", "-dione", etc.

Examples to Rule C-313.1

313.2 - Acyclic monoacyl derivatives of cyclic compounds are named (a) by the method
of Rule C-313.1, (b) by the radicofunctional method of Rule C-312.2, (c) by prefixing the
name of the acyl group to the name of the cyclic component, or (d) if the cyclic
component is benzene or naphthalene by changing the ending "-ie acid" or "-oie acid" of
the name of the acid corresponding to the acyl group to "-ophenone" or "-onaphthone",
respectively.

Examples to Rule C-313.2

Exceptions:

The following are examples of trivial names retained for ketones:

313.3 - When a carbonyl group is attached directly to carbon atoms in two ring systems,
the compound is named by the radicofunctional method provided that no other
substituent is present having priority for citation as principal group (compare Rule
C-316.2).

Examples to Rule C-313.3

Exception:

313.4 - The name of a polyketone in which two or more contiguous carbonyl groups have
rings attached at each end is formed (a) by the radicofunctional method with the
functional class name "diketone", "triketone", etc., or (b) by substitutive nomenclature
with "-one" suffixes.

Examples to Rule C-313.4

Exceptions:

See Recommendations'93 R-5.6.2

Next:
Ketones Rule C-314, Rule C-315, Rule C-316, Rule C-317 , Rule C-318
Ketenes Rule C-321
Acetals and Acylals Rule C-331, Rule C-332, Rule C-333
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