Supplemental Organic Chemistry Problems

Give the IUPAC name for each of the following structures (give the common name for #8).

  Structure Name
1. 2,3,5-trimethylheptane
2. 2-hexanol
3. butanoic acid
4. propanal
5. cis-2-pentene
6. 4-octanone
7. 2-pentyne
8. ethyl propyl ether

Write the structural or condensed structural formula for each of the following names..

  Name Structure
9. 3-ethyl-2-methyl-pentane
10. 2-hexanone
11. trans-3-heptene
12. 1-butyne
13. diethyl ether
14. butanal
15. Draw the condensed structural formula and give the IUPAC name of the substance formed when 3-heptanol is oxidized.


             3-heptanol                                                      3-heptanone

16. Draw the condensed structural formula for methanol and propanoic acid. Then show the reaction of these two substances to yield an ester. Give the condensed structural formula of the ester and its IUPAC name.


methanol        propanoic acid                   methyl propanoate

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