Naming Organic Compounds Series: Video 9
The Naming Alkyl Halides tutorial video takes you through my puzzle piece approach to IUPAC Nomenclature for compounds containing the halogens F, Cl, Br and I. Examples include simple and substituted alkyl halides, along with halogenated alkenes and cyclic compounds.
(Watch on YouTube: Alkyl Halides. Click CC on bottom right for transcript.)
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This is Video 9 in the Naming Organic Compounds Video Series. Click HERE for the entire series.
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you are really helpful. i was having some really issues with ogro but then i found you
When naming (at 6:34 in the video), is it equally as right to name the compound “4-chloro-1-butene” or “4-chlorobut-1-ene” ?
Thank you so much mam! The way you explain is very good and easy to understand. Also, your voice is very sweet.
ANUSHKA from India
awesome video! Do you have any videos with alkyl halides that contain double and triple bonds on the ring ? thanks!
I have a hard time determining the priorities of naming compounds with different functional groups. How can you tell?
Leah; thank you very much. Your way of explaining is great. Thank you very much. Flor from Mexico City.
Thank you! glad to help
what if instead of i iodine there were 2 4m where should we start ?
……. do we take alphabetical order in such a case /
I’m not sure I understand your question… At which point in the video does this come up?
I noticed that you do not keep the 1 (4:44), BUT in some of the alkane and alkyne examples, the 1 is kept. ie 1-fluorocyclohexane and 2-methyl-1-pentane. The 1 is removed for the first example, but the latter keeps the 1. Could you further explain the difference?
When there is no doubt about the #1 it can be omitted, however when there can be ambiguity a number must be included. In the 1-fluorocyclohexane example there is only 1 substituent on the entire ring and so it will be understood that fluorine is in the number 1 position. However, in the case of 2-methyl-1-pentane there are 5 carbon atoms which can potentially be substituted and so a number must be included to show where each substituent occurs on the molecule