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Where and what are the substituents?
Where is the primary functional group?
How many carbons?
What is the primary functional group?

As we cover new functional groups in later chapters, the applicable IUPAC rules of nomenclature will be given. In addition, Appendix A at the back of this book gives an overall view of organic nomenclature and shows how compounds that contain more than one functional group are named. For the present, let’s see how to name branched-chain alkanes and learn some general naming rules that are applicable to all compounds.