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Use this tag for questions relating to organic molecules and their properties (structure of organic molecules, spectroscopic properties, reaction mechanisms, stereochemistry etc). DO NOT use this tag as the only tag in your question, as this tag by itself cannot appropriately classify your question. Always use this tag in addition to other more specific tags.

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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. If there is a choice in numbering not previously covered, the parent …
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Friedel–Crafts alkylation of benzene with propyl chloride [duplicate]

This is a question from my textbook: Why does the alkylation of benzene with 1-chloropropane give (propan-2-yl)benzene and not (propan-1-yl)benzene? The book shows the reaction with chlorometha …
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