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Preference List For Functional Group

This document provides a table summarizing common organic compound classes and their associated suffixes, suffix prefixes, and prefixes. The table lists 16 classes of organic compounds including their functional group formulas, common suffixes like -oic acid or -one, and prefixes used to describe each class such as carboxylic, carbonyl, or hydroxy-.

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Preference List For Functional Group

This document provides a table summarizing common organic compound classes and their associated suffixes, suffix prefixes, and prefixes. The table lists 16 classes of organic compounds including their functional group formulas, common suffixes like -oic acid or -one, and prefixes used to describe each class such as carboxylic, carbonyl, or hydroxy-.

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38 Organic Chemistry

Table 2.5 suffixest and prefixes•of some common classes of organic compounds
S.No Class of Formula Suffix suffix* Prefix
compounds [Column l] [Column Il]
(functional groups)
1. Carboxylic acid —COOH -oic acid acidCarboxy
Carboxylic
2. Sulfonic acid —S03H sulfonic acid Sulfo
3. Anhydride RCOOCOR -oic anhydride
4. Esters —COO(R) (R). .carboxylate(R) oxycarbonyl
{For R; alkyl,
aryl etc.}
5. Acid halides —COX -oyl halide Carbonyl halide Halocarbonyl
[X is halogen]
6. Amides amide Carboxamide Carbamoyl
7, Nitriles -nitrile Carbonitrile Cyano

8. Aldehydes —CHO -al Carbaidehyde Oxo-, Formyl-


9. Ketones Nc=o -one Oxo-
10. Alcohols
and phenols —OH -01 Hydroxy-
11 Thiols —SH -thiol Sulfanyl
12. Amines —NH2 -amine Amino-
13. Isocyanide isonitrile Isocyano
14. Ethers (alk)oxy {alk is for R}
15. Alkenes c=c
16. Alkynes -yne

Note:

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