Functional class nomenclature

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Functional class nomenclature, also called radicofunctional nomenclature, is a type of chemical nomenclature used for organic compounds.[1] It is similar in principle to the compositional nomenclature used for inorganic compounds.[2] Examples of functional class names include "methyl alcohol" and "acetic anhydride".[3]

Functional class nomenclature was once widely used for organic compounds, but it has steadily been superceded by substitutive nomenclature.[3] It remains the usual method of naming N-oxides and other N-chalcogenides, acid anhydrides, esters, and acyl halides and pseudohalides, and is often used for other functional classes such as azines, oximes, hydrazones, semicarbazones, carbohydrazones, acetals, and hemiacetals.[3]

Rule Class name Notes
R-5.3.1 fluoride
chloride
bromide
iodide
R-5.3.3.2 oxide for azoxy compounds
R-5.3.4 azide
R-5.4.3 imine functional modifier, added after name of carbonyl compound
R-5.4.5 oxide for amine oxides
R-5.5.1.1 alcohol
R-5.5.1.2 mercaptan
selenol
tellurol
no longer recommended
R-5.5.4.2 ether
sulfide
selenide
telluride
R-5.5.4.4 oxide functional modifier for oxiranes, added after name of alkene
R-5.5.5 hydroperoxide
peroxide
R-5.5.6 hydropolysulfide
polysulfide
and chalcogen analogues; "poly" is replaced by "di", "tri" etc.
R-5.5.7 sulfoxide
sulfone
selenoxide
selenone
R-5.6.2.1 ketone
R-5.6.4.1 acetal
ketal
and chalcogen analogues
R-5.6.4.2 hemiacetal and chalcogen analogues
R-5.6.6.1 oxime functional modifier, added after name of carbonyl compound
R-5.6.6.2 hydrazone functional modifier, added after name of carbonyl compound
R-5.6.6.3 azine functional modifier, added after name of carbonyl compound
R-5.6.6.4 semicarbazone
thiosemicarbazone
selenosemicarbazone
functional modifier, added after name of carbonyl compound
R-5.7.4.2 see text for esters use name of anion
R-5.7.6 fluoride
chloride
bromide
iodide
functional modifiers for acyl halides, added after name of acyl group
R-5.7.7.1 anhydride functional modifier, replaces "acid" for symmetrical acid anhydrides
R-5.7.7.3 thioanhydride functional modifier, replaces "acid" for symmetrical acid thioanhydrides
R-5.7.9.1 cyanide
R-5.7.9.2 isocyanide
cyanate
isocyanate
fulminate
thiocyanate
isothiocyanate
selenocyanate
isoselenocyanate
"isonitrile" and "carbylamine" have been used for isocyanide, but are not recommended
R-5.7.9.3 oxide functional modifier for nitrile oxides, added after name of nitrile
R-5.8.2 cation
R-5.8.3 anion

References

  1. A Guide to IUPAC Nomenclature of Organic Compounds; IUPAC Recommendations 1993; Blackwell Science: Oxford, 1993; pp 14–15. ISBN 0-632-03488-2, <http://www.acdlabs.com/iupac/nomenclature/>.
  2. Nomenclature of Inorganic Chemistry; IUPAC Recommendations 2005; Royal Society of Chemistry: Cambridge, 2005; pp 68–82. ISBN 0-85404-438-8, <http://www.iupac.org/publications/books/rbook/Red_Book_2005.pdf>.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Nomenclature of Organic Chemistry; IUPAC Provisional Recommendations 2004; IUPAC, 2004; pp 47–50, <http://old.iupac.org/reports/provisional/abstract04/favre_310305.html>.
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