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Alcohols Phenols Ethers Thiols
Alcohols Phenols Ethers Thiols
Organic Chemistry,
Part 1. Follow the directions to draw the molecule being described. Name the molecule you draw.
Name:
2. Start with a cyclohexane.
Add a methyl to one of the carbons.
Add a single oxygen to the carbon opposite the methyl.
Add a 2 carbon chain to that lone oxygen.
Name:
3. Start with a cyclohexane.
Add double bonds at the 1st, 3rd, and 5th carbons.
Add two methyl groups with 1 carbon separating them.
Add 1 bromine on the carbon that is in between
the two methyls.
Name:
4. Start with a cyclohexane.
Add double bonds at the 1st, 3rd, and 5th carbons.
Add an OH group somewhere on the ring.
Fill the empty carbons with iodines so that they are in
positions 2 and 4 on the ring.
Name:
Part 2: All of the following alcohol molecules have the same basic structure. The only thing that changes
each time is the placement of the –OH group. Name each molecule.
HO
HO
OH
OH
Part 3: Name the following ethers. Use –oxy if groups on either side of –O—are too complicated.
O
O
O O
O O
Part 5: Name the following organic molecules. They may be alkanes, alkenes, alkynes, alcohols, ethers,
thiols or phenols.