Organic Chemistry As a Second Language, 3e: First Semester Topics

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Chapter 5 - Nomenclature - 5.1 Functional Group - Problems - Page 86: 5.4

Answer

The suffix for this molecule is "-al".

Work Step by Step

1. Identify the functional group(s). *Hint: Look at the oxygens and the nitrogens, and compare the molecule and the groups on the list of functional groups. (Pages 84/85) Since we have an oxygen connected to a carbon with a double bond, and this carbons has a hydrogen connected to it, this functional group is Aldehyde. 2. Find the suffix we will use. (Look at the list in pages 84/85) The suffix for a molecule with a ketone group is "-al".
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