Naming organic compounds (aka IUPAC Nomenclature) will show up early in Organic Chemistry 1 and will follow you for the remainder of Orgo 1 AND Orgo 2. For example, when you’re asked to react [molecule name] with [molecule name], or to synthesize [molecule name].
If you’re here hoping to learn via practice but don’t yet feel comfortable with naming, let’s take a step back.
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*Since this is a beginner quiz, we’ll focus on the basics of nomenclature and intentionally omit stereochemistry such as cis/trans and EZ, as well as R and S configurations.
Let’s warm up with a simple set of linear and branched molecules.
If you get stuck, review the first few videos in the nomenclature series .
Here we take naming organic compounds a step further by adding pi bonds and branched substituents into the molecules.
If you get stuck: Review videos 3-4 and 6-8 , as well as Propyl Butyl and Pentyl Branched Substituents
In this section, we’ll practice naming rings including cyclo and bicycloalkanes.
If you get stuck: Review video 5 in the naming series .
Here we flip the question around. Can you draw the correct organic compounds from the given names?
If you need help with drawing, review Drawing Skeletal Structures as well as Organic Chemistry or Art Class?
Ready to crank it up to the next level? Let’s practice naming molecules with additional groups on them including halogens and oxygen functional groups.
If you get stuck, review videos 9-15 in the naming series .
Professors won’t always draw them out nicely for you. Sometimes you’ll see tricky naming problems where all you have is a string of atoms and numbers. Pay VERY CLOSE attention to the hidden pi bonds and functional groups.
If you get stuck: Review the Skeletal Structures video again to identify what’s hiding in the molecular formula.
No nomenclature quiz is complete without advanced functional group naming problems. Pay close attention to functional group priority so you know how to name these molecules.
If you get stuck: Review videos 10-21 in the naming series , along with the Functional Groups Priority Cheat Sheet .
Phew! You survived! How do you feel about nomenclature? No cheating! Make sure you try the entire quiz first.
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