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IUPAC nomenclature of organic chemistry

Index IUPAC nomenclature of organic chemistry

In chemical nomenclature, the IUPAC nomenclature of organic chemistry is a systematic method of naming organic chemical compounds as recommended by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC). [1]

103 relations: -al, -ane, -oate, -ol, -yne, Acetaldehyde, Acetic acid, Acetone, Acetophenone, Acetylene, Acyl halide, Affix, Alcohol, Aldehyde, Alkene, Alkyl, Alpha and beta carbon, Amide, Amidine, Amine, Ammonium, Aromaticity, Aryl, Back-formation, Benzoic acid, Benzophenone, Butene, Butyric acid, Cahn–Ingold–Prelog priority rules, Carbonyl group, Carboxylic acid, Chalcogen, Chemical compound, Chemical formula, Chemical nomenclature, Chloroform, Cis–trans isomerism, Citric acid, Cyclic compound, Cycloalkane, Diethyl ether, Epoxide, Ester, Ethyl acetate, Ethyl formate, Ethyl isopropyl ketone, Ethylene glycol, Formaldehyde, Functional group, Greek language, ..., Halogen, Halothane, Hantzsch–Widman nomenclature, Hexene, Hydrazine, Hydron (chemistry), Imide, Imine, Infix, International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry, Ion, Isocyanide, IUPAC nomenclature of inorganic chemistry, Ketone, Latin, Locant, Methanol, Methoxyethane, Molecules (journal), Nitrile, Nomenclature of Organic Chemistry, Nucleic acid notation, Open-chain compound, Organic compound, Organic nomenclature in Chinese, Organic peroxide, Parent hydride, Phanes (organic chemistry), Phenol, Phenyl group, Pnictogen, Preferred IUPAC name, Prefix, Propionic acid, Propyne, Royal Society of Chemistry, Selenol, Selone, Side chain, Structural formula, Sulfenic acid, Sulfinic acid, Sulfonic acid, Systematic name, Tellurol, Thial, Thioketone, Thiol, Trivial name, Von Baeyer nomenclature, Xylene, 3-Pentanone. Expand index (53 more) »

-al

The suffix -al is the IUPAC nomenclature used in organic chemistry to form names of aldehydes containing the -(CO)H group.

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-ane

The suffix -ane is used in organic chemistry to form names of organic compounds where the -C-C- group has been attributed the highest priority according to the rules of organic nomenclature.

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-oate

The suffix -oate is the IUPAC nomenclature used in organic chemistry to form names of compounds formed from carboxylic acids.

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-ol

The suffix –ol is used in organic chemistry principally to form names of organic compounds containing the hydroxyl (–OH) group, mainly alcohols (also phenol).

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-yne

In chemistry, the suffix -yne is used to denote the presence of a triple bond.

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Acetaldehyde

Acetaldehyde (systematic name ethanal) is an organic chemical compound with the formula CH3CHO, sometimes abbreviated by chemists as MeCHO (Me.

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Acetic acid

Acetic acid, systematically named ethanoic acid, is a colourless liquid organic compound with the chemical formula CH3COOH (also written as CH3CO2H or C2H4O2).

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Acetone

Acetone (systematically named propanone) is the organic compound with the formula (CH3)2CO.

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Acetophenone

Acetophenone is the organic compound with the formula C6H5C(O)CH3 (also represented by the pseudoelement symbols PhAc or BzMe).

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Acetylene

Acetylene (systematic name: ethyne) is the chemical compound with the formula C2H2.

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Acyl halide

An acyl halide (also known as an acid halide) is a chemical compound derived from an oxoacid by replacing a hydroxyl group with a halide group.

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Affix

In linguistics, an affix is a morpheme that is attached to a word stem to form a new word or word form.

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Alcohol

In chemistry, an alcohol is any organic compound in which the hydroxyl functional group (–OH) is bound to a carbon.

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Aldehyde

An aldehyde or alkanal is an organic compound containing a functional group with the structure −CHO, consisting of a carbonyl center (a carbon double-bonded to oxygen) with the carbon atom also bonded to hydrogen and to an R group, which is any generic alkyl or side chain.

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Alkene

In organic chemistry, an alkene is an unsaturated hydrocarbon that contains at least one carbon–carbon double bond.

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Alkyl

In organic chemistry, an alkyl substituent is an alkane missing one hydrogen.

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Alpha and beta carbon

The alpha carbon (Cα) in organic molecules refers to the first carbon atom that attaches to a functional group, such as a carbonyl.

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Amide

An amide (or or), also known as an acid amide, is a compound with the functional group RnE(O)xNR′2 (R and R′ refer to H or organic groups).

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Amidine

Amidines are a class of oxoacid derivatives.

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Amine

In organic chemistry, amines are compounds and functional groups that contain a basic nitrogen atom with a lone pair.

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Ammonium

The ammonium cation is a positively charged polyatomic ion with the chemical formula.

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Aromaticity

In organic chemistry, the term aromaticity is used to describe a cyclic (ring-shaped), planar (flat) molecule with a ring of resonance bonds that exhibits more stability than other geometric or connective arrangements with the same set of atoms.

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Aryl

In the context of organic molecules, aryl is any functional group or substituent derived from an aromatic ring, usually an aromatic hydrocarbon, such as phenyl and naphthyl.

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Back-formation

In etymology, back-formation is the process of creating a new lexeme by removing actual or supposed affixes.

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Benzoic acid

Benzoic acid, C7H6O2 (or C6H5COOH), is a colorless crystalline solid and a simple aromatic carboxylic acid.

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Benzophenone

Benzophenone is the organic compound with the formula (C6H5)2CO, generally abbreviated Ph2CO.

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Butene

Butene, also known as butylene, is a series of alkenes with the general formula C4H8.

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Butyric acid

Butyric acid (from βούτῡρον, meaning "butter"), also known under the systematic name butanoic acid, abbreviated BTA, is a carboxylic acid with the structural formula CH3CH2CH2-COOH.

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Cahn–Ingold–Prelog priority rules

The Cahn–Ingold–Prelog (CIP) sequence rules, named for organic chemists Robert Sidney Cahn, Christopher Kelk Ingold, and Vladimir Prelog — alternatively termed the CIP priority rules, system, or conventions — are a standard process used in organic chemistry to completely and unequivocally name a stereoisomer of a molecule.

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Carbonyl group

In organic chemistry, a carbonyl group is a functional group composed of a carbon atom double-bonded to an oxygen atom: C.

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Carboxylic acid

A carboxylic acid is an organic compound that contains a carboxyl group (C(.

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Chalcogen

The chalcogens are the chemical elements in group 16 of the periodic table.

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Chemical compound

A chemical compound is a chemical substance composed of many identical molecules (or molecular entities) composed of atoms from more than one element held together by chemical bonds.

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Chemical formula

A chemical formula is a way of presenting information about the chemical proportions of atoms that constitute a particular chemical compound or molecule, using chemical element symbols, numbers, and sometimes also other symbols, such as parentheses, dashes, brackets, commas and plus (+) and minus (−) signs.

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Chemical nomenclature

A chemical nomenclature is a set of rules to generate systematic names for chemical compounds.

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Chloroform

Chloroform, or trichloromethane, is an organic compound with formula CHCl3.

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Cis–trans isomerism

Cis–trans isomerism, also known as geometric isomerism or configurational isomerism, is a term used in organic chemistry.

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Citric acid

Citric acid is a weak organic acid that has the chemical formula.

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Cyclic compound

A cyclic compound (ring compound) is a term for a compound in the field of chemistry in which one or more series of atoms in the compound is connected to form a ring.

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Cycloalkane

In organic chemistry, the cycloalkanes (also called naphthenes, but distinct from naphthalene) are the monocyclic saturated hydrocarbons.

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Diethyl ether

Diethyl ether, or simply ether, is an organic compound in the ether class with the formula, sometimes abbreviated as (see Pseudoelement symbols).

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Epoxide

An epoxide is a cyclic ether with a three-atom ring.

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Ester

In chemistry, an ester is a chemical compound derived from an acid (organic or inorganic) in which at least one –OH (hydroxyl) group is replaced by an –O–alkyl (alkoxy) group.

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Ethyl acetate

Ethyl acetate (systematically ethyl ethanoate, commonly abbreviated EtOAc or EA) is the organic compound with the formula, simplified to.

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Ethyl formate

Ethyl formate is an ester formed when ethanol (an alcohol) reacts with formic acid (a carboxylic acid).

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Ethyl isopropyl ketone

Ethyl isopropyl ketone, or 2-methyl-3-pentanone, is an aliphatic ketone with used as a reagent in organic chemistry and as a solvent.

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Ethylene glycol

Ethylene glycol (IUPAC name: ethane-1,2-diol) is an organic compound with the formula (CH2OH)2.

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Formaldehyde

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Functional group

In organic chemistry, functional groups are specific substituents or moieties within molecules that are responsible for the characteristic chemical reactions of those molecules.

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Greek language

Greek (Modern Greek: ελληνικά, elliniká, "Greek", ελληνική γλώσσα, ellinikí glóssa, "Greek language") is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages, native to Greece and other parts of the Eastern Mediterranean and the Black Sea.

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Halogen

The halogens are a group in the periodic table consisting of five chemically related elements: fluorine (F), chlorine (Cl), bromine (Br), iodine (I), and astatine (At).

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Halothane

Halothane, sold under the brandname Fluothane among others, is a general anesthetic.

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Hantzsch–Widman nomenclature

Hantzsch–Widman nomenclature, also called the extended Hantzsch–Widman system, is a type of systematic chemical nomenclature used for naming heterocyclic parent hydrides having no more than ten ring members.

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Hexene

Hexene is an alkene with a molecular formula C6H12.

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Hydrazine

Hydrazine is an inorganic compound with the chemical formula (also written), called diamidogen, archaically.

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Hydron (chemistry)

In chemistry, a hydron is the general name for a cationic form of atomic hydrogen, represented with the symbol.

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Imide

In organic chemistry, an imide is a functional group consisting of two acyl groups bound to nitrogen.

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Imine

An imine is a functional group or chemical compound containing a carbon–nitrogen double bond.

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Infix

An infix is an affix inserted inside a word stem (an existing word).

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International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

The International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (IUBMB) is an international non-governmental organisation concerned with biochemistry and molecular biology.

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International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry

The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) is an international federation of National Adhering Organizations that represents chemists in individual countries.

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Ion

An ion is an atom or molecule that has a non-zero net electrical charge (its total number of electrons is not equal to its total number of protons).

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Isocyanide

An isocyanide (also called isonitrile or carbylamine) is an organic compound with the functional group -N≡C.

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IUPAC nomenclature of inorganic chemistry

In chemical nomenclature, the IUPAC nomenclature of inorganic chemistry is a systematic method of naming inorganic chemical compounds, as recommended by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC).

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Ketone

In chemistry, a ketone (alkanone) is an organic compound with the structure RC(.

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Latin

Latin (Latin: lingua latīna) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages.

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Locant

In organic chemistry, a locant is a figure to indicate the position of a functional group within a molecule.

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Methanol

Methanol, also known as methyl alcohol among others, is a chemical with the formula CH3OH (a methyl group linked to a hydroxyl group, often abbreviated MeOH).

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Methoxyethane

Methoxyethane, also known as ethyl methyl ether, is an ethyl group with a bonded methoxy.

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Molecules (journal)

Molecules is a peer-reviewed open access scientific journal that focuses on all aspects of synthetic organic chemistry and natural product chemistry.

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Nitrile

A nitrile is any organic compound that has a −C≡N functional group.

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Nomenclature of Organic Chemistry

Nomenclature of Organic Chemistry, commonly referred to by chemists as the Blue Book, is a collection of recommendations on organic chemical nomenclature published at irregular intervals by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC).

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Nucleic acid notation

The nucleic acid notation currently in use was first formalized by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) in 1970.

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Open-chain compound

In chemistry, an open-chain compound (also spelled as open chain compound) or acyclic compound (Greek prefix "α", without and "κύκλος", cycle) is a compound with a linear structure, rather than a cyclic one.

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Organic compound

In chemistry, an organic compound is generally any chemical compound that contains carbon.

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Organic nomenclature in Chinese

The Chinese Chemical Society (CCS) lays out a set of rules based on those given by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) for the purpose of systematic organic nomenclature in Chinese.

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Organic peroxide

Organic peroxides are organic compounds containing the peroxide functional group (ROOR′).

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Parent hydride

In IUPAC nomenclature, a parent hydride is an unbranched acyclic or cyclic structure to which only hydrogen atoms are attached.

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Phanes (organic chemistry)

Phanes are abstractions of highly complex organic molecules introduced for simplification of the naming of these highly complex molecules.

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Phenol

Phenol, also known as phenolic acid, is an aromatic organic compound with the molecular formula C6H5OH.

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Phenyl group

In organic chemistry, the phenyl group or phenyl ring is a cyclic group of atoms with the formula C6H5.

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Pnictogen

A pnictogen is one of the chemical elements in group 15 of the periodic table.

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Preferred IUPAC name

In chemical nomenclature, a preferred IUPAC name (PIN) is a unique name, assigned to a chemical substance and preferred among the possible names generated by IUPAC nomenclature.

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Prefix

A prefix is an affix which is placed before the stem of a word.

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Propionic acid

Propionic acid (from the Greek words protos, meaning "first", and pion, meaning "fat"; also known as propanoic acid) is a naturally occurring carboxylic acid with chemical formula C2H5COOH.

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Propyne

Propyne (methylacetylene) is an alkyne with the chemical formula H3C≡CH.

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Royal Society of Chemistry

The Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) is a learned society (professional association) in the United Kingdom with the goal of "advancing the chemical sciences".

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Selenol

Selenols are organic compounds that contain the functional group with the connectivity C–Se–H.

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Selone

In chemistry, a selone is the structural analog of a ketone where selenium replaces oxygen.

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Side chain

In organic chemistry and biochemistry, a side chain is a chemical group that is attached to a core part of the molecule called "main chain" or backbone.

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Structural formula

The structural formula of a chemical compound is a graphic representation of the molecular structure, showing how the atoms are arranged.

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Sulfenic acid

A sulfenic acid is an organosulfur compound and oxoacid with the general formula RSOH.

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Sulfinic acid

Sulfinic acids are oxoacids of sulfur with the structure RSO(OH).

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Sulfonic acid

A sulfonic acid (or sulphonic acid) refers to a member of the class of organosulfur compounds with the general formula R−S(.

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Systematic name

A systematic name is a name given in a systematic way to one unique group, organism, object or chemical substance, out of a specific population or collection.

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Tellurol

Tellurols are analogues of alcohols and phenols where tellurium replaces oxygen.

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Thial

A thial or thioaldehyde is a functional group in organic chemistry which is similar to an aldehyde, RC(O)H, in which a sulfur (S) atom replaces the oxygen (O) atom of the aldehyde (R represents an alkyl or aryl group).

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Thioketone

Thioketones (also known as thiones or thiocarbonyls) are organosulfur compounds related to conventional ketones.

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Thiol

Thiol is an organosulfur compound that contains a carbon-bonded sulfhydryl (R–SH) group (where R represents an alkyl or other organic substituent).

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Trivial name

In chemistry, a trivial name is a nonsystematic name for a chemical substance.

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Von Baeyer nomenclature

The von Baeyer nomenclature is a system for describing polycyclic hydrocarbons.

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Xylene

Xylene (from Greek ξύλο, xylo, "wood"), xylol or dimethylbenzene is any one of three isomers of dimethylbenzene, or a combination thereof.

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3-Pentanone

3-Pentanone (also known as diethyl ketone) is a simple, symmetrical dialkyl ketone.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IUPAC_nomenclature_of_organic_chemistry

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