Practice

 Problems  on  Alkane  Nomenclature  -­‐  Answers  

CH3
CH2

1   CH
2-­‐methylbutane  
CH3 CH3
 
CH3
CH2
2   4-­‐ethylheptane  
CH2 CH CH2
CH3 CH2 CH2 CH3
 
CH3

CH2 CH CH2

3   CH3 CH2 CH CH3

3-­‐ethyl-­‐4-­‐methylheptane  
CH2

CH3
 
CH2 CH2 CH2
CH3 CH CH CH3

4   CH3 CH2 5-­‐ethyl-­‐3-­‐methyloctane  

CH2

CH3
 
 

5   3-­‐ethyl-­‐2,2,5-­‐trimethylhexane  

6   5-­‐sec-­‐butyl-­‐2,7-­‐dimethylnonane  

7   4-­‐chloro-­‐5-­‐ethyloctane  
Cl

8   5-­‐tert-­‐butyl-­‐4-­‐ethyl-­‐3-­‐methyloctane  

 
 
1,3-­‐diisopropyl-­‐2,2-­‐
9  
dimethylcyclopentane  

 
  

Draw  structural  formulas  for  each  of  the  following.  

9)    4-­‐ethyloctane  

10)    2-­‐methylnonane  

11)    3,3-­‐dimethylpentane  

12)      3-­‐ethylpentane  

13)    3-­‐ethyl-­‐2-­‐methylheptane  

14)    3-­‐ethyl-­‐4-­‐(1-­‐methylpropyl)-­‐2,2-­‐dimethyloctane  

Prepared  by  José  Laboy  

Name the following compounds:

1. 12.

2.

13.

3.

14.

4.

5.
15.

6.

16. O
H–C–CH2–CH2–CH–CH3
7.
NH2

8. 17.

9.

18.

10.

11. 19.
Name the following compounds:

Answers

1) propoxypentane (pentoxypropane is OK, but it’s better to name the smaller R group first)
2) 3-bromobutanoic acid
3) butanone
4) 2-chloro-1-propanol
5) 2-pentyne
6) 3,3-dimethylpentane
7) 1-bromo-1,2-dichloropropane
8) 5-ethyl-2-methyl-3-heptyne
9) 3-hexene
10) 4-ethyl-2-methyl-nonane
11) 2,3,3-trimethylhexane
12) 2-methyl-2-propanol or just methyl-2-propanol
13) 2-butanol
14) 3-ethyl-1-hexanol
15) 4-phenyloctane
16) 4-aminopentanal
17) ethanoic acid (also known as acetic acid or vinegar)
18) 3-methylhexanoic acid
19) 2-ethoxypentane