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Naming Alkenes Double bond compounds
Structural isomers of hexene
How to name
Isomer with six carbons
Identify longest chain containing double bond
Number from end nearest double bond
cis(Z), trans(E)-isomerism
Name
Another isomer
Identify longest chain containing double bond
Number from end nearest double bond
cis(Z), trans(E)-isomerism
Name
Longest chain has five carbons
Identify longest chain containing double bond
Number from end nearest double bond
Identify substituent
Determine the position of the substituent
cis(Z), trans(E)-isomerism
Name
1-Pentene isomer
1-Pentene isomer
Longest chain has five carbons
Identify longest chain
Number from end nearest double bond
Identify substituent
Determine the position of the substituent
cis(Z), trans(E)-isomerism
Name
Longest chain has five carbons
Identify longest chain
Number from end nearest double bond
Identify substituent
Determine the position of the substituent
cis(Z), trans(E)-isomerism
Name
Geometrical isomer
Longest chain has five carbons
Identify longest chain
Number from end nearest double bond
Identify substituent
Determine the position of the substituent
cis(Z), trans(E)-isomerism
Name
Geometrical isomer
Longest chain has four carbons
Identify longest chain
Number from end nearest double bond
Identify substituent
Determine the position of the substituent
cis(Z), trans(E)-isomerism
Name
1-Butene isomer
Longest chain has four carbons
Identify longest chain
Number from end nearest double bond
Identify substituent
Determine the position of the substituent
cis(Z), trans(E)-isomerism
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Author: Steve Glover
Email: sglover@metz.une.edu.au
Home Page: http://www.une.edu.au/chemistry/research/glover.html
Other information:
This tutorial is provided as an aid to learning the nomenclature of
alkenes. Many of the principles involved here hold for other functional
group classes of organic structures
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