Nomenclature (Simple molecules)- 1
IUPAC Nomenclature sounds scary, doesn't it? I remember the first time I was taught this concept (in class 10). My teacher was convinced that we wouldn't understand the concept in one go! In all honesty I do not remember how long it took for me to understand the concept but I landed up forgetting it anyway. When I finally understood it, I was in college. This topic constantly kept me wondering about the point of it all but after I did understand organic chemistry started to make a lot of sense ! Not only that, it was fun too. Me being someone who loves loves chemistry am so excited to be writing about it. Nomenclature means name. The IUPAC (International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry) set the rules for naming the various compounds. These rules make it simple for drawing the structures and this in turn makes reactions easy to understand. The simple organic compound doesn't have any functional groups, Selection of longest continuous chain of carbon atoms This step ...