Topic: Nomenclature: which takes priority, an ether or an alkene? (Read 4720 times)

mrmistery · « **on:** September 15, 2009, 10:45:04 PM »

OK so basically I am trying to name a really big compound, and don't know how to number the chain. I need to decide to give a lower number to an ether group or a C=C double bond. So my question is: which takes priority, an alkene or an ether? I looked on the internet, and 2 different websites give opposing answers, so now I'm a little confused.

Borek · « **Reply #1 on:** September 16, 2009, 02:49:37 AM »

This is an ultimate source:

http://www.acdlabs.com/iupac/nomenclature/

(one may expect it to be at IUPAC pages - http://old.iupac.org/publications/epub/index.html, but ACDLabs page is linked from there).

Topic: Nomenclature: which takes priority, an ether or an alkene? (Read 4720 times)

mrmistery

Nomenclature: which takes priority, an ether or an alkene?

Borek

Re: Nomenclature: which takes priority, an ether or an alkene?

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