Saturated aliphatic hydrocarbons
Saturated aliphatic hydrocarbons = alkanes
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A little bit of nomenclature.
Alkanes are named after the longest carbon chain or the biggest ring system. When an alkane-chain is a substituent in a larger molecule it is called an alkyl group.
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- The alkyl groups should get as low numbers as possible (when numbering the longest chain).
- When we have more than one of a specific substituent we also add di, tri, tetra … before the alkyl group name.
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