Organic Chemistry Naming Hydrocarbons Worksheet. Hydrocarbons compounds made of the elements carbon and hydrogen. You need to memorize the following prefixes.

These hydrocarbons are called saturated hydrocarbons because they contain only single bonds. Name the following compounds. Numerical prefixes number of backbone carbon atoms the prefix in the name of an organic molecule indicates the number of carbon atoms found in the longest continuous chain of carbon atoms in the molecule.
These hydrocarbons are called saturated hydrocarbons because they contain only single bonds.
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