Nomenclature of Organic Compound Worksheet
Nomenclature of Organic Compounds Worksheet
Naming organic compounds is described how to name straight-chain hydrocarbons and their derivatives. (if you aren’t familiar with the systematic nomenclature for those compounds, do that worksheet first, and do this one later.) This worksheet will describe how to name simple cyclic hydrocarbons, aromatic compounds, and organic compounds with common functional groups.
Here, you can find some questions related to “Nomenclature of Organic Compounds” and their answers:
1. The energy of triple bond in acetylene in k.cal is:
(a) 100
(b) 192
(c) 140
(d) 60
2. Which of the following statements is wrong?
(a) The number of organic compounds is very large
(b) In general organic compounds have low rn.pt and B.pt.
(c) Organic compounds can not be synthesised in the library
(d) Isomerism is common in organic compounds
3. If bond order (number of bonds) increases:
(a) bond energy decreases
(b) bond length increases and bond energy decreases
(c) bond length decreases and bond energy increases
(d) bond length increases
4. In 2-methyl-1-propanol, the hybrid carbons of and sp are respectively:
(a) 1,2,3
(b) 3,2,1
(c) 1.00
(d) 4,3,0
5. bond is:
(a) Weaker than C = C bond
(b) Longer than C – C bond
(c) Weaker than C – C bond
(d) Shorter than C = C bond
6. Total number of bonds present in is:
(a) Six
(b) Nine
(c) Eight
(d) None
7. Generally organic compounds are:
(a) Complexes
(b) Electrovalent
(c) Covalent
(d) Amorphous
8. Which is an open chain or acyclic compound?
(a) Ethane
(b) Cyclobutane
(c) Benzene
(d) Furan
9. The minimum number of carbon atoms which a cycloalkane may contain:
(a) 4
(b) 1
(c) 3
(d) 2
10. The compound having both bonds is:
(a) isobutane
(b) butadiene
(c) butene-2
(d) n-butane
11. he number of sp3 hybrid carbons in 2-butyne is:
(a) 3
(b) 1
(c) 2
(d) 4
12. Which of the following is hydrocarbon?
(a) Ammonium cyanate
(b) Benzene
(c) Urea
(d) Phenol
13. IUPAC name of is:
(a) 2, 2-dichloro ethane
(b) Dichloro ethane
(c) 1, 1-dichloro ethane
(d) 1, 2 dichloro ethane
14. IUPAC name of is:
(a) 2-vinyl propane
(b) 1-isopropyl ethane
(c) 3, 3-dimethy-1-butyne
(d) 2, 2 dime-thyl-3-propyne
15. IUPAC name of is:
(a) 2-ethyl butanol-1
(b) 2-thyl pentanol-1
(c) 3-thyl butanol-1
(d) 2-methyl pentanol-1
16. Which class of compounds is not reported in I.U.P.A. nomenclature?
(a) Acids
(b) Alcohols
(c) Acid anhydrides
(d) Ketones
17. 3-methyl penta-1, 2-diene is:
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
18. Which group is always taken as substituent in IUPAC nomenclature of compound?
(a) –COOH
(b) –
(c)
(d) –CN
19. IUPAC name of

(a) N, N-dimethyl ethanamine
(b) Dimethyl-ethyl amine
(c) N-methyl, N-ethyl methan amine
(d) None
20. IU PAC name of urea is:
(a) 1-amino ethanamide
(b) Amino acetamide
(c) 1-amino methanamide
(d) diamino ketone
21. The correct IUPAC name of is:
(a) 2-ethyl pentane
(b) Tetraethyl methane
(c) 3, 3-diethyl pentane
(d) None of the above
22. IUPAC name of the neopentane is:
(a) 2, 3-dimethyl butane
(b) 2, 2-dimethyl propane‘
(c) 2-methyl butane
(d) iso butane
23. The IUPAC name of wood spirit is:
(a) Ethanal
(b) Methanol
(c) Methanal
(d) Ethangl
24. The longest chain in the following compound consists,
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(a) 5 carbon atoms
(b) 9 carbon atoms
(c) 8 carbon atoms
(d) 6 carbon atoms
25. Alkanols are represented by:
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
Answers
1.(b) 2. (c) 3. (c) 4. (c) 5. (d)
6. (c) 7. (c) 8. (a) 9. (c) 10. (c)
11. (c) 12. (b) 13. (c) 14. (c) 15. (a)
16. (c) 17. (c) 18. (c) 19. (a) 20. (c)
21. (c) 22. (b) 23. (b) 24. (d) 25. (d)