COMMON NAME

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 ESSENTIAL
S. Compound Common Name S. Compound Common Name
No. No.
Group A: ALKANES
11 CH2=CH–CH2–OH Allyl Alcohol
1 CH 3  CH  CH  CH 3 Isopentane
|
CH 3 12 CH2=CH–OH Vinyl Alcohol

Group F:ETHER
CH 3
| 13 C6H5 –O–CH3 Anisole
2 CH 3  C  CH 2  CH  CH 3 Iso Octane (Methyl Phenyl Ether)
| |
CH 3 CH 3
14 CH3CH=CH–CHO Crotonaldehyde

CH 3
15 CH2=CH–CHO Acraldehyde
|
3 CH 3  C  CH 3 Neo Pentane or Acrolein
|
CH 3
CHO
16 | Glyoxal
CHO
Group B:ALKENES
Group G: ALDEHYDE
4 CH2 =C=CH2 Allene CHO
C OH
Group D:ALKYL HALIDE 17 H Glyceraldehyde
CH2OH
5 CH3CHCl2 Ethylidene Chloride
(A gem dihalide)
Group H:KETONE
18 CH3COCH3 Acetone
6 CH 2  CH 2 Ethylene Dichloride
| | (A Vinyl dihalide)
Cl Cl Group I:CARBOXYLIC ACID

19 HO  CH  COOH Malic acid

7 CHCl 2 Westron (Solvent) |
| CH 2  COOH
CHCl 2

8 ClCH=CCl2 Westrosol or H
Triclean (Solvent) |
20 CH 3  C  COOH Lactic Acid (In milk)
Group E:ALCOHOL |
OH
9 CH 2  OH Glycol or Ethylene Glycol
| 21 NH2–CH2–COOH Glycine
CH 2  OH (Amino Acetic Acid)

10 CH 2  CH  CH 2 Glycerol 22 HO CH2 COOH Glycolic Acid

| | |
OH OH OH
Common Name [2]
S. Compound Common Name S. Compound Common Name
No. No.
Group K:N–DERIVATIVES
23 Malonic acid 32 CH2 =CH–CN Vinyl Cyanide or
Acrylo Nitrile
CH 2  COOH
24 | Succinic acid Group L:AROMATIC COMPOUNDS
CH 2  COOH
33 Anthracene
CH2 COOH

25 CH2 Glutaric acid

CH 2 COOH
34 Indol

26 COOH–(CH2)4–COOH Adipic Acid

HO  CH  COOH
27 | Tartaric acid 35 Pyridine (Py)
HO  CH  COOH

O 36 Thiophene
||
H  C  C  OH
28 || Maleic acid
H  C  C  OH 37 Pyrrole
||
O
O
||
H  C  C  OH
|| 38 Sulphanilic acid
29 HO  C  C  H Fumaric acid
||
O
39 Azulene

Group J:ACID DERIVATIVES

40 Napthalene
30 CH 3  C  CH 2  C  O  C 2 H 5
|| ||
O O
41 Furan
Aceto Acetic Ester (AAE)
or Ethyl Aceto Acetate

42 o–xylene
31 H 2 N  C  NH 2 Urea
||
O

Common Name [3]

S. Compound Common Name S. Compound Common Name
No. No.

43 m-xylene
53 2,4,6 Trinitrophenol or Picric acid

OH
CHO
44 p-xylene 54

Salicylaldehyde(o-hydroxybenzaldehyde)

55 Salicylic acid
45 Nitrobenzene (oil of mirbane)

NH2 56 C6H5CO3 H Perbenzoic acid

SO3H
46 Orthanilic Acid CH3
CH3 CH3
CO2H

47 Catechol 57 CO2H
o-toluic acid, m-toluic acid, CO2H
m.p. 105°C m.p. 111°C p-toluic acid,
m.p. 180°C
OH

48 Resorcinol Toluic acids

OH
58 Phthalic acid
OH

49 Quinol
59 Isophthalic acid
OH

50 o-Cresol
60 Terephthalic acid

51 m-Cresol CO2H
61
NH2

Anthranilic acid (o-aminobenzoic acid)

52 p-Cresol
62 C6H5CHO Benzaldehyde

Common Name [4]

S. Compound Common Name S. Compound Common Name
No. No.
Group M: HETROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS 73 Ph–CH=CH–CHO Cinnamaldehyde

63 Pyrrolidine

74 Phthalic anhydride

64 Piperidine

SOME REAGENTS
65 Tetrahydrofuran (THF) 75 Grignard’s reagent RMgX

76 NBS N-Bromosuccinimide
66 Oxirane or Ethylene Oxide or

Oxo Cyclo Propane

67 Quinuclidine POLAR PROTIC SOLVENTS

77 H –O–H Water

68 NH 2  C  NH 2 Urea
|| 78 R–O–H Alcohol
O
OH
79 Phenol
69 NH 2  C  NH 2 Guanidine
|| 80 CH 3–C–OH Acetic acid
NH
O
81 HF Hydrogen Fluoride
70 Aniline
82 NH3 Ammonia

71 Phthalimide

H3C CH3
CH

72 Cumene

Common Name [5]

S. Compound Common Name
No.
POLAR APROTIC SOLVENTS

83 DMS Dimethyl sulphide CH3–S–CH3

84 DMSO Dimethyl sulphoxide Me2S=O

85 HMPT Hexamethylphosphoramide
or
HMPTA O=P–(NMe2)3

86 DMF Dimethyl formamide

H  C  NMe 2
||
O

87 Crown ethers Cyclic polyethers

O
O O
O

(12 – C – 4)

Common Name [6]

 DESIRABLE
S. Compound Common Name S. Compound Common Name
No. No.
Group A: ALKANES
Cl
CH 3 |
12 Cl  C  NO 2 Chloropicrin (tear gas)
|
CH 3  C —— CH  CH 3 |
1 Triptane Cl
| |
CH 3 CH3

CCl 3
2 – CH2  CH2  CH  CH3 Iso pentyl Group |
| 13 CH 3  C  CH 3 Chloretone
CH3 |
OH

Group B:ALKENES Cl
3 CH3–CH2–CH=CH2 –Butylene |
14 CH 2  C  CH  CH 2 Chloroprene
4 CH3–CH=CH–CH3 –Butylene

H  C  Cl
15 || Lewisite
5 CH 3  C  CH 2 Iso Butylene
| H  C  AsCl 2
CH 3

Group E:ALCOHOL
CH 3
| 16 CHC–CH2–OH Propargyl Alcohol
6 CH 2  C  CH  CH 2 Isoprene
CH 3
|
Group C:ALKYNES CH 3  C  OH
17 | Pinacol
7 HCCH Purified Acetylene or Norcelyne CH 3  C  OH
|
8 CH2=CH–CCH Vinyl Acetylene CH 3

9 CH3 –CCH Allylene Group F:ETHER

Group D:ALKYL HALIDE 18 C6H5–O–C2H5 Phenetole

10 CH 2Cl CH 2Cl Mustard Gas (Ethyl Phenyl Ether)
| | (Poisonous; used in war)
CH 2  S  CH 2
19 CH3CH(OCH3)2 Methylal
11 Cl2C=CCl2 Tetraclean or Perclean
Group G:ALDEHYDE
CHO
20 | Glyoxalic acid
COOH
Common Name [7]
S. Compound Common Name S. Compound Common Name
No. No.
CH 3
| 31 CH2=CH–COOH Acralic Acid
21 CH 3  C  CHO Pavaldehyde
|
CH 3 32 HO  C  OH (H 2CO3 ) Carbonic Acid
or ||
(CH3)3C–CHO O
33 CH3–CO–COOH Pyruvic Acid
22 (CH3)2CHCHO Isobutyraldehyde
34 CH3–CH=CH–COOH Crotonic Acid
23 CH 3  C  C  CH 3 Dimethyl Glyoxal
|| || 35 C 6H 5  CH  COOH Mendalic Acid
O O
|
OH
24 CH 3  C  C  H Methyl Glyoxal or
|| || Pyruvic Aldehyde
O O
36 NH2COOH Carbamic Acid
Group H:KETONE (Amino formic Acid)

25 Phorone COOH
37 | Oxalic acid
COOH

Group J:ACID DERIVATIVES

26 Mesityl Oxide

38 Cl  C  C  Cl Oxalyl Chloride
|| ||
27 H2 C=C=O Ketene O O

Group I:CARBOXYLIC ACID 39 NH2 COONH4 Ammonium Carbamate

28 CH3–(CH2)3–COOH Valeric Acide

40 NH 2  C  C  NH 2 Oxanamide
(n–Pentanoic acid) || ||
O O
29 CH3(CH2)4COOH Caproic Acid
(n–Hexanoic acid) 41 Cl  C  Cl Phosgene
||
OH O
|
30 CH 2 —— C —— CH 2 Citric Acid
| | |
COOH COOH COOH (In lemon)

Common Name [8]

S. Compound Common Name S. Compound Common Name
No. No.
Group K:N–DERIVATIVES

42 H–CN Forma Nitrile 51 Tropone

43 CH3–CN Aceto Nitrile (Cycloheptatrienone)

44 CH3–N=C=O MIC 52 Tropolone

(Methylisocyanate)
(Cycloheptatrienolone)
Group L:AROMATIC COMPOUNDS

Cl
45 CCl3–CH
53 DDT
Cl
Orange II
(Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane)

46 Butter Yellow OH

54 –naphthol

47 Furfural
OH
55 –naphthol

48 Coumarine

56 H 2N NH2 Benzidine

49 Michler’s Ketone
57 Hydrazobenzene

HO OH
OH OH
58 Phloroglucinol
OH
50 Phenolphthalein
C
O
C 59 Wurster salts
O

Common Name [9]

S. Compound Common Name S. Compound Common Name
No. No.

60 C6H5CONH2 Benzamide 72 Oxitane

61 (C6 H5CO)2 O Benzoic Anhydride

73 CH 3  C  NH 2 Amidine
||
62 (C6 H5CO)2O2 Benzoyl Peroxide NH

SOME REAGENTS

63 74 LAH Lithium aluminium

hydride : LiAlH4
Saccharin (o-sulphobenzoic imide)
75 SBH Sodium borohydride
64 C6H5CH=CH2 Styrene NaBH4

65 Ph–CH=CH–Ph Stilbene 76 PCC Pyridinium chlorochromate

66 Ph  C  CH  Ph Benzoin 
|| | CrO3 Cl
O OH

67 C6H5COCOC6H5 Benzil 77 Raney Nickel Ni–Al alloy

68 (C6H5)2C(OH)CO2H Benzilic acid 78 Wilkinson’s Tris(Triphenylphosphine)

catalyst chlororhodium (I)
Group M: HETROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS (PPh3)3RHClr

79 Bayer’s reagent 1% dil. alkaline

aq.sol. of KMnO4
69 Morpholine

80 Braddy’s reagent
70 Aziridine 2,4 DNP

81 Liemieux reagent NaIO4 + dil.alk.KMnO4

71 82 TEL Tetra ethyl lead

83 Gillman’s reagent R2CuLi/[R2Cu]– Li+

Hexa-methylenetetramine or Urotropine
Common Name [10]
S. Compound Common Name
No.

84 Tollen’s reagent alk. sol. of AgNO3

85 Fehling’s reagent alk. sol. of CuSO4

86 Hinsberg’s reagent

SOME GROUPS

87 Ts Tosyl

88 Ms Mesyl

89 Ac Acyl

90 Bs Brosyl

91 Tf Triflate

Common Name [11]