Skip to content
qorganica.es qorganica.comOrganic Chemistry made transparent Course map Español

SolutionsNomenclature

1. Name the compounds

Give a name to each of the indicated compounds.

Fifteen aldehydes and ketones to name: open chains, cycloalkanones, aromatic aldehydes, a quinone and an ynone
The fifteen compounds with their English and Spanish names, from pentanal to hex-4-yn-3-one

When the CHO group is attached to a ring, the name uses the suffix -carbaldehyde (cyclopentanecarbaldehyde). If there is a higher-priority group, the C=O is named with the prefix oxo- (3-formylbenzoic acid, 3-oxocycloheptanecarbaldehyde).

2. Draw the structures

Draw a structure for each indicated name:

  1. butanal
  2. 2-hydroxycyclopentanone
  3. 2,3-pentanedione
  4. 1,3-cyclohexanedione
  5. 3,4-dihydroxy-2-butanone
  6. (E)-3-methyl-2-hepten-4-one
  7. 3-oxobutanal
  8. cis-3-bromocyclohexanecarbaldehyde
  9. butanedial
  10. trans-2-methyl-3-hexenal
Structures of the ten compounds, from a) butanal to j) trans-2-methyl-3-hexenal

← Back to the exercises