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<center><b>Organic Chemistry - Prefixes and Chemical Formulas for Straight Chain Carbon Compounds</center></b><br> <br> <br> The following are the prefixes for the first ten straight chain carbon backbone:<br> <br> meth-, CH<sub>3</sub> -<br> eth-, CH<sub>3</sub>CH<sub>2</sub> -<br> prop-, CH<sub>3</sub>CH<sub>2</sub>CH<sub>2</sub> -<br> but-, CH<sub>3</sub>CH<sub>2</sub>CH<sub>2</sub>CH<sub>2</sub> -<br> pent-, CH<sub>3</sub>CH<sub>2</sub>CH<sub>2</sub>CH<sub>2</sub>CH<sub>2</sub> -<br> hexa-, CH<sub>3</sub>CH<sub>2</sub>CH<sub>2</sub>CH<sub>2</sub>CH<sub>2</sub>CH<sub>2</sub> -<br> hept-, CH<sub>3</sub>CH<sub>2</sub>CH<sub>2</sub>CH<sub>2</sub>CH<sub>2</sub>CH<sub>2</sub>CH<sub>2</sub> -<br> octa-, CH<sub>3</sub>CH<sub>2</sub>CH<sub>2</sub>CH<sub>2</sub>CH<sub>2</sub>CH<sub>2</sub>CH<sub>2</sub>CH<sub>2</sub> -<br> nona-, CH<sub>3</sub>CH<sub>2</sub>CH<sub>2</sub>CH<sub>2</sub>CH<sub>2</sub>CH<sub>2</sub>CH<sub>2</sub>CH<sub>2</sub>CH<sub>2</sub> -<br> deca-, CH<sub>3</sub>CH<sub>2</sub>CH<sub>2</sub>CH<sub>2</sub>CH<sub>2</sub>CH<sub>2</sub>CH<sub>2</sub>CH<sub>2</sub>CH<sub>2</sub>CH<sub>2</sub> -<br> <br> A short hand form of the above is deca-, CH<sub>3</sub>(CH<sub>2</sub>)<sub>9</sub> -<br> <br> If the above is used in as a substituted functional group, the name will end in "yl-".<br> [http://www.nyu.edu/pages/mathmol/library/hydrocarbons/ NYU website showing the first several alkanes 3-D structure and general info]<br>
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