Chem 1020 Fall 2006
Organic chemistry naming and drawing worksheet
1. Name these following organic compounds:
a.
heptane
b.
2-methylheptane
c.
2,3-dimethylheptane
CH3
CH2
CH
CH3
CH3
C
CH3
CH2
CH2
d.
CH3
H3C
CH
H
C
H
C
CH3
CH2
CH2
CH3
CH2
e.
3,4,4-trimethylheptane
CH3
CH3
3-ethyl-2,4-dimethylheptane
f.
trans-2-pentene
g.
cis-2-pentene
h.
cis-2-hexene
i. CH3OH
j.
methanol
OH
1-butanol (the OH group is attached to
carbon 1of the 4-carbon chain)
O
C
k.
CH3
HO
ethanoic acid
O
l. HO C CH2 CH3
propanoic acid
O
m. CH3 CH2 O C CH3
ethyl ethanoate
O
n. CH3 O C CH2 CH3
methyl propanoate
2. Draw the structures of the following organic compounds as both line structures and
structural formulas (with CH3–CH2– etc.)
a. heptane
b. propane
CH3(CH2)5CH3
c. 2-methylhexane
CH3CH2CH3
d. 2,2-dimethylhexane
CH3
CH3 C CH2 CH2 CH2 CH3
CH3
CH3 CH CH2 CH2 CH2 CH3
e. 4-ethyl-3-methyldecane
CH3 CH2 CH CH CH2 CH2 CH2 CH2 CH2 CH3
CH3
f. cis-3-octene
CH3 CH2
CH3
CH2 CH2 CH2
C
CH3 CH2
H
C
H
CH3
g. trans-3-octene
h. 1-propanol
OH
H
CH3 CH2
C
C
H
CH2 CH2 CH2
CH3
i. 2-propanol
CH3 CH2 CH2 OH
j. 1-pentanol
OH
OH
OH
CH3 CH CH3
CH3
k. butanoic acid
CH2
CH2
CH2
CH2 OH
l. propanoic acid
O
O
HO
HO
O
O
HO C
CH2 CH2
CH3
m. ethyl ethanoate
HO C
CH2 CH3
n. propyl butanoate
O
O
O
O
O
O
CH3 CH2 O C CH3
CH3 CH2 CH2 O C CH2 CH2
CH3
o. The ester formed when 1-butanol and ethanoic acid react
O
OH
O
HO
O
1-butyl ethanoate
+ H2O
O
O
CH3 CH2
CH2 CH2 OH
HO C CH3
CH3 CH2 CH2 CH2
O
1-butyl ethanoate
C
CH3
+ H2O
p. The ester formed when ethanol and butanoic acid react
O
OH
HO
O
+ H2O
O
ethyl butanoate
O
O
CH3 CH2 OH
HO C CH2 CH2 CH3
CH3 CH2
O
C
CH2 CH2
ethyl butanoate
CH3 + H2O