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Naming Carboxylic Acids

March 27, 2013 By Leah4sci 7 Comments

Nomenclature Carboxylic Acids Tutorial Video Leah Fisch Organic ChemistryNaming Organic Compounds Series: Video 16
This tutorial video shows you how to name compounds with a ‘COOH' or carboxyl functional group using my puzzle piece approach to IUPAC naming.


(Watch on YouTube: Carboxylic. Click CC on bottom right for transcript.)

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This is Video 16 in the Naming Organic Compounds Video Series. Click HERE for the entire series.

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Comments

  1. Paul Richard Fraser says

    April 17, 2018 at 7:48 pm

    You taught this so much better than my teacher..thank you

    Reply
  2. Francis Dawngkima says

    November 26, 2017 at 1:08 pm

    Thank u so much!

    Reply
  3. Jay says

    March 28, 2017 at 4:24 pm

    Why do both the aldehyde and ketone get the prefix “oxo” instead of the aldehyde getting the prefix “formyl” when combined with the carboxylic acid on the compound in the examples?

    Reply
  4. Matt says

    September 26, 2015 at 9:15 pm

    Hi Leah,
    I am slightly confused. For the molecule cyclohexanecarboxylic acid, is the carboxyl group considered a substituent group? In that case, should it not be carboxycyclohexane? Also, my sources tell me that the prefix of an aldehyde is alkanoyl so I’m confused. If you can clear things up, that would be awesome.
    Once again, thank you so much for these awesome videos!

    Reply
    • Leah4sci says

      September 28, 2015 at 6:29 pm

      There are different conventions to naming these strange groups on rings. carboxycyclohexane makes the ring priority but it’s the carboxy. alkanoyl is a less common abbreviation for aldehyde, as is formyl

      Reply
  5. Sachi says

    April 30, 2015 at 3:53 am

    With the 5-chloro-2-methyl-3-hexenoic acid don’t you have to specify that the alkene part is E?

    Reply
    • Leah4sci says

      May 2, 2015 at 3:09 pm

      Good point Sachi

      Reply

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