substituent - Correct Answers: heteroatom or group of atoms that are attached to the parent chain
numerical prefixes for # of identical substituent groups (2-10 in order) - Correct Answers: di, tri, tetra,
penta, hexa, hepta, octa, nona, deca
alkane (with formula) - Correct Answers: hydrocarbon containing only single bonds between carbons,
CnH2n+2
rules for naming alkanes - Correct Answers: 1. longest continues chain is parent chain
2. number parent chain starting with the end closest to the first branch
3. name using IUPAC rules for substituents
IUPAC systematic name order for alkanes - Correct Answers: locant-(prefix)SubstituentParent
in numbering parent chains, if there are two equally long chains... - Correct Answers: select the chain
with the most branches coming off
in numbering parent chains, if the first branch point if the same distance from either end of the parent
chain... - Correct Answers: choose the numbering that gives the lower numbers to the most substituents
in numbering parent chains, if there are only 2 substituents and both are equidistant from opposite ends
of the parens chain... - Correct Answers: choose the numbering direction so the substituent with the
higher alphabetical priority gets the lower locant number
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