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IUPAC NOMENCLATURE

SENIORITY ORDER OF FUNCTIONAL GROUP

S.No. General Sec. Prefix Sec. Suffix


Formula
Type 1 Type 2
carboxy oic Acid: When Carbon carboxylic Acid: When
of COOH group included in Carbon of COOH group next
Main Chain to Main Chain.

1. -COOH
Carboxlic acid

sulfo sulfonic Acid

-SO H
2. 3

Sulfonic Acid

alkoxy oic anhydride

-COOCOR
3.
Anhydride

alkoxycarbonyl : carboxylate
Bonded with carbonyl
group of ester group to
Main chain.

oate

-COOR alkanoyloxy Bonded


4. with O atom of ester group
Ester
to Main chain.

haloformyl oyl halide carbonyl Halide

-COX
5. Acid Halide
IUPAC NOMENCLATURE

amino amide carboxamide

-CONH
6. Amide
2

cyano Nitrile Carbonitrile

-CN
7. Nitrile

formyl /oxo al carbaldehyde

-CHO
8.
Aldehyde

keto or oxo one

9.
Ketone

hydroxyl ol

-OH
10.
Alcohol

mercapto thiol
-SH
11. Thio -
alcohol

alkoxy
NH 2
O
-NH
12. 2

H 2N NH 2
Amine NH 2
cyclohexanamine
2-aminoethanamide aniline

alkoxy

-OR
13. O
Ether methoxyethane/
2-oxabutane

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