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ESSENTIAL COMMON NAME

S. No. Compound Common Name S. No. Compound Common Name

Group A:  ALKANES

1 CH 3  CH  CH 2  CH 3 Isopentane 8 ClCH=CCl2 Westrosol or

| Triclean (Solvent)
CH 3

Group E:ALCOHOL

CH 3
9 CH 2  OH Glycol or
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2 CH 3  C  CH 2  CH  CH 3 Isooctane | Ethylene Glycol
| | CH 2  OH
CH 3 CH 3

10 CH 2  CH  CH 2 Glycerol
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CH 3 OH OH OH
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3 CH 3  C  CH 3 Neopentane
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CH 3 11 CH2=CH–CH2–OH Allyl Alcohol

12 CH2=CH–OH Vinyl Alcohol

Group B: ALKENES

4 CH2=C=CH2 Allene Group F:ETHER

13 C6H5–O–CH3 Anisole
Group D:ALKYL HALIDE (Methyl Phenyl Ether)

5 CH3CHCl2 Ethylidene Chloride

(A gem dihalide) Group G: ALDEHYDE

14 CH3CH=CH–CHO Crotonaldehyde
6 CH 2  CH 2 Ethylene Dichloride
| | (A Vicinal dihalide)
Cl Cl

7 CHCl 2 Westron (Solvent)

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CHCl 2

Nomenclature of Organic Compound [1]

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S. No. Compound Common Name S. No. Compound Common Name

15 CH2=CH–CHO Acraldehyde
or Acrolein 23 Malonic acid

CHO
16 | Glyoxal CH 2  COOH
CHO 24 | Succinic acid
CH 2  COOH

CHO

17
H C OH Glyceraldehyde CH2 COOH
CH2OH
CH2
25 Glutaric acid
CH2 COOH
Group H:KETONE

18 CH3COCH3 Acetone 26 COOH–(CH2)4–COOH Adipic Acid

Group I:CARBOXYLIC ACID

HO  CH  COOH
27 | Tartaric acid
HO  CH  COOH
19 HO  CH  COOH Malic acid
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CH 2  COOH
O
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H  C  C  OH
H 28 || Maleic acid
| H  C  C  OH
20 CH 3  C  COOH Lactic Acid (In milk) ||
| O
OH

O
21 NH2–CH2–COOH Glycine ||
(Amino Acetic Acid) H  C  C  OH
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29 HO  C  C  H Fumaric acid
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O
22 HO CH2 COOH Glycolic Acid

Nomenclature of Organic Compound [2]

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S. No. Compound Common Name S. No. Compound Common Name

Group J:ACID DERIVATIVES

36 Pyridine

30 CH 3  C  CH 2  C  O  C 2 H 5
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O O

Aceto Acetic Ester (AAE) 37 Thiophene

or Ethyl Aceto Acetate

31 H 2 N  C  NH 2 Urea
|| 38 Pyrrole
O

Group K:N–DERIVATIVES

39 Sulphanilic acid
32 CH2=CH–CN Vinyl Cyanide or
Acrylo Nitrile

40 Azulene

33 NH 2  C  NH 2 Guanidine
||
NH

41 Napthalene

Group L:AROMATIC COMPOUNDS

42 Furan
34 Anthracene

CH3
CH3
43 o–xylene
35 Indol

Nomenclature of Organic Compound [3]

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S. No. Compound Common Name S. No. Compound Common Name

OH

44 m-xylene
51 Resorcinol
OH

OH

45 p-xylene 52 Quinol
OH

H3C CH3
CH
53 o-Cresol
46 Cumene

54 m-Cresol

47 Nitrobenzene (oil of mirbane)

55 p-Cresol

48 Aniline

NH2 56 2,4,6 Trinitrophenol

SO3H or Picric acid
49 Orthanilic Acid

OH
57 CHO Salicylaldehyde
(o-hydroxybenzaldehyde)
50 Catechol

Nomenclature of Organic Compound [4]

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S. No. Compound Common Name S. No. Compound Common Name

Group M: HETROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS

58 Salicylic acid
66 Pyrrolidine

59 C6H5CO3H Perbenzoic acid

CH3 67 Piperidine
CH3 CH3
CO2H

60 CO2H
o-toluic acid, m-toluic acid, CO2H
m.p. 105°C p-toluic acid,
m.p. 111°C
m.p. 180°C 68 Tetrahydrofuran (THF)

Toluic acids

69 Oxirane or Ethylene Oxide or

61 Phthalic acid
Oxo Cyclo Propane

70 Quinuclidine
62 Isophthalic acid

71 Phthalimide

63 Terephthalic acid

72 Ph–CH=CH–CHO Cinnamaldehyde

64 CO2H Anthranilic acid

(o-aminobenzoic acid)
NH2
73 Phthalic anhydride

65 C6H5CHO Benzaldehyde

Nomenclature of Organic Compound [5]

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S. No. Compound Common Name S. No. Compound Common Name

SOME REAGENTS POLAR APROTIC SOLVENTS

74 Grignard’s reagent RMgX 82 DMS Dimethyl sulphide CH3–S–CH3

75 NBS N-Bromosuccinimide 83 DMSO Dimethyl sulphoxide Me2S=O

84 HMPA Hexamethylphosphoramide
O=P–(NMe2)3

85 HMPT Hexamethylphosphoramide
or
POLAR PROTIC SOLVENTS
HMPTA P(NMe2)3

76 H –O–H Water 86 DMF Dimethyl formamide

77 R–O–H Alcohol H  C  NMe 2

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OH O

78 Phenol 87 Crown ethers Cyclic polyethers

O
79 CH3–C–OH Acetic acid O O
O
O
(12 – C – 4)
80 HF Hydrogen Fluoride

81 NH3 Ammonia

Nomenclature of Organic Compound [6]