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Organic Chemistry - Prefixes and Chemical Formulas for Straight Chain Carbon Compounds
The following are the prefixes for the first ten straight chain carbon backbone:
meth-, CH3-
eth-, CH3CH2-
prop-, CH3CH2CH2-
but-, CH3CH2CH2CH2-
pent-, CH3CH2CH2CH2CH2-
hexa-, CH3CH2CH2CH2CH2CH2
hept-, CH3CH2CH2CH2CH2CH2CH2-
octa-, CH3CH2CH2CH2CH2CH2CH2CH2-
nona-, CH3CH2CH2CH2CH2CH2CH2CH2CH2-
deca-, CH3CH2CH2CH2CH2CH2CH2CH2CH2CH2-
A short hand form of the above is deca-, CH3(CH2)9-