Prefixes compounds

All compounds that contain a benzene ring are aromatic and substituted derivatives of benzene make up the largest class of aromatic compounds Many such compounds are named by attaching the name of the substituent as a prefix to benzene... 

Organometallic compounds are named as substituted derivatives of metals The metal is the parent and the attached alkyl groups are identified by the appropriate prefix... 

For branching compounds, the parent structure is the longest continuous chain present in the compound. Consider the compound to have been derived from this structure by replacement of hydrogen by various alkyl groups. Arabic number prefixes indicate the carbon to which the alkyl group is attached. Start numbering at whichever end of the parent structure that results in the lowest-numbered locants. The arable prefixes are listed in numerical sequence, separated from each other by commas and from the remainder of the name by a hyphen. 

Expressed by prefixing perhydro- to the name of the corresponding unsaturated compound. 

Substitution means the replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms in a given compound by some other kind of atom or group of atoms, functional or nonfunctional. In substitutive nomenclature, each substituent is cited as either a prefix or a suffix to the name of the parent (or substituting radical) to which it is attached the latter is denoted the parent compound (or parent group if a radical). 

Systematic names formed by applying the principles of substitutive nomenclature are single words except for compounds named as acids. First one selects the parent compound, and thus the suffix, from the characteristic group listed earliest in Table 1.7. All remaining functional groups are handled as prefixes that precede, in alphabetical order, the parent name. Two examples may be helpful ... 

If the characteristic group occurs only in a chain that carries a cyclic substituent, the compound is named as an aliphatic compound into which the cyclic component is substituted a radical prefix is used to denote the cyclic component. This chain need not be the longest chain. 

Carbon atoms enclosed in parentheses are included in the name of the parent compound and not in the suffix or prefix. 

A cyclic acetal in which the two acetal oxygen atoms form part of a ring may be named (1) as a heterocyclic compound or (2) by use of the prefix methylenedioxy for the group —O—CH2—O— as a substituent in the remainder of the molecule. For example. 

A-substituted primary amides are named either (1) by citing the substituents as N prefixes or (2) by naming the acyl group as an N substituent of the parent compound. For example. 

Complex cyclic compounds may be named by adding the suffix -amine or the prefix amino- (or aminoalkyl-) to the name of the parent compound. Thus three names are permissible for... 

When the compound can be considered as derived from a base whose name does not end in -amine, its quaternary nature is denoted by adding ium to the name of that base (with elision of e), substituent groups are cited as prefixes, and the name of the anion is added separately at the end. Examples are... 

Azoxy Compounds. Where the position of the azoxy oxygen atom is unknown or immaterial, the compound is named in accordance with azo rules, with the affix azo replaced by azoxy. When the position of the azoxy oxygen atom in an unsymmetrical compound is designated, a prefix NNO- or ONN- is used. When both the groups attached to the azoxy radical are cited in the name of the compound, the prefix NNO- specifies that the second of these two groups is attached directly... 

Ethers (R —O—R ). In substitutive nomenclature, one of the possible radicals, R—O—, is stated as the prefix to the parent compound that is senior from among R or R. Examples are methoxyethane for CH3OCH2CH3 and butoxyethanol for C4Hc,0CH2CH20H. 

When another principal group has precedence and oxygen is linking two identical parent compounds, the prefix oxy- may be used, as with 2,2 -oxydiethanol for HOCH2CH2OCH2CH2OH. 

Halogen Derivatives. Using substitutive nomenclature, names are formed by adding prefixes listed in Table 1.8 to the name of the parent compound. The prefix perhalo- implies the replacement of all hydrogen atoms by the particular halogen atoms. 

Hydroxylamines and Oximes. For RNH—OH compounds, prefix the name of the radical R to hydroxylamine. If another substituent has priority as principal group, attach the prefix... 

Compounds of the type R NH—OR are named (1) as alkoxyamino derivatives of compound R H, (2) as A, 0-substituted hydroxylamines, (3) as alkoxyamines (even if R is hydrogen), or (4) by the prefix aminooxy- when another substituent has priority for parent name. Examples of each type are... 

For oximes, the word oxime is placed after the name of the aldehyde or ketone. If the carbonyl group is not the principal group, use the prefix hydroxyimino-. Compounds with the group Z = N—OR are named by a prefix alkyloxyimino- as oxime O-ethers or as O-substituted oximes. Compounds with the group r C=N(0)R are named by adding A-oxide after the name of the alkylideneaminc compound. For amine oxides, add the word oxide after the name of the base, with locants. For example, C5H5N—O is named pyridine A-oxide or pyridine 1-oxide. 

In order of decreasing priority for citation of a functional class name, and the prefix for substitutive nomenclature, are the following related compounds ... 

Peroxides. Compounds of the type R—O—OH are named (1) by placing the name of the radical R before the word hydroperoxide or (2) by use of the prefix hydroperoxy- when another parent name has higher priority. For example, C2H5OOH is ethyl hydroperoxide. 

Ester groups in R —CO—OR compounds are named (1) by the prefix alkoxycarbonyl- or aryloxycarbonyl- for —CO—OR when the radical R contains a substituent with priority for citation as principal group or (2) by the prefix acyloxy- for R —CO—O— when the radical R contains a substituent with priority for citation as principal group. Examples are... 

The prefix sila- designates replacement of carbon by silicon in replacement nomenclature. Prefix names for radicals are formed analogously to those for the corresponding carbon-containing compounds. Thus silyl is used for SiH3—, silyene for —SiH2—, silylidyne for —SiH<, as well as trily, tetrayl, and so on for free valences(s) on ring structures. 

Salts are formed as with oxygen-containing compounds. For example, C2H5 — S—Na is named either sodium ethanethiolate or sodium ethyl sulfide. If mercapto- has been used as a prefix, the salt is named by use of the prefix sulfido- for —S . 

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