Mar 16, 2019 · The prefixes, iso-, sec-, tert-, and neo- are all traditional names when structural organic chemistry was still developing. You have already rationalized all except neo-. Neo- is a …

Jun 16, 2018 · “sec-butyl chloride” is 2-chlorobutane, “sec-pentyl chloride” is 2-chloropentane, etc.; the “iso”-compounds are the simplest isomers that are branched at the end of the chain, …

Jun 29, 2015 · Among those names, only few prefixes are italicised (namely sec-and tert-) and others like iso and neo are printed normally. These names are documented in the IUPAC blue …

Jan 29, 2025 · While sec and tert are set italic (and with hyphen), neo and iso are not/no more (and seem to become less commonly used in favor of e.g., trimethylsilychloride instead of tert …

Feb 16, 2020 · The anchor says that the structure of iso-octane was determined experimentally. This implies that there is some way to identify these compounds without knowing their …

Jun 6, 2016 · According to the current version of Nomenclature of Organic Chemistry – IUPAC Recommendations and Preferred Names 2013 (Blue Book) various prefixes are retained for …

Aug 13, 2022 · I would usually write "sec-butyl", "tert-butyl", etc, and using "t-BuOH" for "t-butyl alcohol. I usually see, in respectable places, " i -PrOH" for isopropanol, and that what I have …

Jan 6, 2021 · As it was an isomer of pentane, the chemists decided to name it iso-pentane, without knowing exactly its structure. Later on a third $\ce{C_5H_{12}}$ was obtained in the …

Nov 23, 2019 · I'm starting the very basics of hydrocarbons and I'm having a hard time at understanding when to use the common/trivial name prefixes (sec-, iso-, neo-, etc.). One …

Nov 8, 2016 · The retained names “tert-pentyl”, “isopentyl”, and “neopentyl” were still included in the 1993 IUPAC recommendations. However, according to Subsection P-57.1.4 of the current …