Nomenclature

Question	Answer
Draw the functional group of a carboxylate salt and give its suffix	The M+ is the cation. Named with cation first and then -anoate. eg sodium methanoate Image: 20ffd407-9226-4219-bb0d-a89d42175053 (image/png)
Draw sodium methanoate	Image: d39a407b-9be9-45e7-a1e1-9362b88d5002.gif (image/gif)
Draw the functional group for an acyl chloride and give the suffix	-anoyl chloride eg ethanoyl chloride Image: 9748a57a-40d2-411d-b4ac-bdbc1954ea81 (image/png)
Give the functional group for an acid anhydride and give the suffix	-anoic anhydride (if both chains same, as above, then simply ethanoic anhydride) (if not then specify both eg ethanoic methanoic anhydride) Image: 7407632b-ee5f-4f5a-95ae-24ed0b83fc6b (image/png)
Draw the functional group of an AMIDE, and give suffix	-anamide eg. propanamide, methanamide Image: d5bbb91b-d2b0-4333-988e-a6df21f07cf8 (image/png)
Draw the ester functional group	Image: 1b560487-f133-476d-9263-a1cd2404eeb2 (image/png)
How are esters named?	alkyl prefix, to indicate the alcohol (one attached to single O) -anoate suffix to indicate the carboxylic acids (the one attached to the double bonded O)
In N substituted amides, what the the N-alkyl prefix indicate?	The number of carbons attached to the N

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	Created by Anushka John almost 8 years ago