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Common Names of Some Organic Compounds :

Compound Common names Compound Common names
1. CH2 = CH2 Ethylene
21. Lactic acid
2. CH3CH = CH2 Propylene
3. HC  CH Acetylene
O
4. CH2 = C = CH2 Allene 22. || Pyruvic acid
CH3  C  COOH
5. CH3 – Cl Methyl chloride
6. CH3–CH2–Cl Ethyl chloride 23. Tartaric acid
7. CH2 = CH – Cl Vinyl chloride

8. CH2  Br Ethylene bromide

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CH2  Br 24. Citric acid

9. CH3  CH  Br Ethylidene bromide

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Br 25 [Cis] Maleic acid

10. CH3– OH Methyl alcohol

11. CH3 – CH2 – OH Ethyl alcohol or

(Methylcarbinol) 26. [Trans] Fumaric acid

12. CH2 = CH – CH2 – OH Allyl alcohol

13. CH  C – CH2 – OH Propargyl alcohol
27. CH3 – NH2 Methylamine
14. CH2  CH2 Ethylene glycol
28. CH3 – CH2–NH2 Ethylamine
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OH OH 29. (CH3CH2)2NH Diethylamine
30. (CH3)3N Trimethylamine
15. CH 2  CH  CH2 Glycerol or Glycerine
| | | 31. CH3 – CN Methyl cyanide
OH OH OH
32. CH3 – CH2–CN Ethyl cyanide

16. CH3 – CO – CH3 Dimethyl ketone 33. CH3 – N C Methyl isocyanide or

or Acetone Methyl carbylamine

17. CH3 – CO – CH2CH3 Ethyl methyl ketone 34. CH3CH2 – N  C Ethyl isocyanide or
Ethyl carbylamine
18. COOH Oxalic acid 35. CH3 – O – N = O Methyl nitrite
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COOH 36. CH3CH2 – O – N = O Ethyl nitrite
37. CH3–O–CH3 Dimethyl ether
19. Malonic acid
38. CH3–O–CH2–CH3 Ethyl methyl ether
39. CH3–CH2–O–CH2–CH3 Diethyl ether
20. CH2  COOH succinic acid
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CH2  COOH Ethylene oxide
40.
or Oxirane
 Compound Common names Compound Common names

41. Dioxane
54. Phenol or Carbolic acid

42. Trioxane

55. Catechol
43. Benzene

44. Toluene 56. Resorcinol

45. Xylene (o,m,p)

57. Hydroquinone

46. Mesitylene

58. (o, m, p) cresol

47. Cumene
59. Benzaldehyde

48. Benzyl chloride

60. Salicylaldehyde

49. Benzal chloride

61. Benzoic acid

50. Benzochloride
62. Salicylic acid

51. Styrene 63. Cinnamic acid

Aspirin
64.
Anisole or ( Acetyl salicylic acid)
52.
Methylphenyl ether

Phenetol or 65. Picric acid

53.
Ethylphenyl ether
 Compound Common names Compound Common names

73. Naphthalene

66. Acetophenone
74. Anthracene

67. Benzophenone
75. Phenanthrene

76. Pyridine
68. Benzoquinone

77. Pyrrole
69. Aniline

78. Thiophene
70. (o, m, p) Toluidine

79. Furan

71. Acetanilide

80. Tetrahydrofuran (THF)

72. Biphenyl

Other Examples of Acid Anhydride

O O
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1. H—C —O —C —H Formic anhydride

O O
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2. CH3 — C — O — C — CH3 Acetic anhydride

O O
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3. H — C — O — C — CH3 Acetic formic anhydride
2. Examples of Trivial and Derived naming