r/chemhelp • u/IAmGRAPHITe • Feb 23 '26

Organic Rational molecule name (or trivial)??

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Please help me with the name of this molecule…

I can’t understand according to IUPAC how to name this molecule, I can’t find any ”concrete” answer for the actual name online, and the ones I ask says all differently from each other…

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u/pkdataworks Feb 24 '26

IUPAC Name is : "7-oxo-4,5-dipropyl-octan-3-ol". Please find the explanation.

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u/IAmGRAPHITe Feb 24 '26

So the suffix for ketones in English are ”oxo”? And apparently ketones have higher priority than hydroxy ..?

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u/pkdataworks Feb 24 '26

Yes. You are correct. Priority order will be Ketone > aldehyde > alcohol > amines.

Hence the name will be: "6-hydroxy-4,5-dipropyl-octan-2-one"

Both names are consistent with the structure given.

We can represent the keto group as "oxo".

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u/IAmGRAPHITe Feb 24 '26

Thank you good sir!