Comprehensive Guide To Iupac Nomenclature: Standardizing Organic Compound Naming
IUPAC (International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry) nomenclature provides a standardized system for naming organic compounds. It involves identifying the parent chain, assigning priority to functional groups, and using suffixes and prefixes to indicate the nature of substituents. The IUPAC name for the compound shown is 3-methyl-2-hexene, where “3-methyl” indicates a methyl group on…