O-Chem Nomenclature Error

[nonzerosum]

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Hi everyone,

I was studying the nomenclature and I noticed in the McGraw book they said that Esters were a higher priority functional grp than Carboxylic acids yet Kaplan said the opposite.

Also how detailed do we need to know about nomenclatures? How do you name alkyl groups with more than 10 carbons?

On the PCAT will we need to be able to name compounds with multiple functional groups as substitutents like say an ester, ether and carb. acid in ONE molecule? or will it just be simple 1 functional group compounds?

Also will naming esters be needed because the McGraw book doesn't touch on how to do that.

Thanks

 

[dahopeful]

Kaplan is right. Orgo on the pcat is basic, so you do not need to know how to name an akyl group with more than 10 carbons.
I don't recall seeing any compounds with multiple fuctions.

 

[Espada]

Yeah, I had the same problem with the McGraw book. It has alot of errors. As I mentioned in another entry, there are errors in the biology , math, and chemistry sections. Keep it to the Kaplan book and your fine. I went back to my Kaplan book and Collins study guides.

It sucks when a new book has errors in it and becomes an unreliable source.


🙂

 

[nonzerosum]

Will the PCAT have common names or STRICTLY only IUPAC names?

so will something like formaldehyde or acetylene appear on the PCAT?

thanks

 

[dahopeful]

if i was you i would know both.