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This tag should be used for questions about the naming of compounds and elements, usually using systematic names according to IUPAC recommendations, but also using retained traditional names.

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What's the name of the org. compound: Ar-C(O)CH3

I got the answer from the comment It's Acetophenone
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Nomenclature of Acetone

Why is the preferred IUPAC name of acetone "propan-2-one" and why not simply propanone? It doesn't make sense to specify the position of the carbonyl group as it can occupy only one position in aceton …
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what's the name of this org. compound? [closed]

What's the name of this compound? It is a semi product of Reimer-Tiemann reaction. edit: I think its Sodium salicylaldehyde, but i'm not sure.
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what's the name of this org. compound. RR'-C=NNH2

What's the name of this compound? It's a semi-product of Wolff-Kishner reduction. The complete reaction is:
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What's the name of the org. compound: Ar-C(O)CH3 [closed]

What's the name of this compound? *I know that Ar-C=O- is the Benzoyl group
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Confusion in the order of precedence: alkyl side-chain vs. dimethyl at different positions

I've read that prefixes like 'tert-butyl, 'sec-butyl' and have been discarded while 'iso-propyl' is still retained by IUPAC. So I wrote another name according to the general rules. Is it correct? If n …
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Methyl vs halogen : order of precedence

How would you name this compound? 4-bromo-2-methylpentan-3-one or 2-bromo-4-methylpentan-3-one
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IUPAC numbering of carbon atoms in a chain

A chemistry handout for nomenclature of org. compounds I've been reading states a particular rule for every functional group viz. …
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How to name Hg[Co(SCN)4]?

I have basically written the entire name except for the oxidation state of $\ce{Co}$. Mercury tetrathiocyanatocobaltate( ) to know what is the oxidation state of cobalt, I must know the oxidat …
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