Advices For Studying Organic Chemistry

CH 3 CHCH 3

Cl

OH

CH 3

Isopropylcyclohexane Chlorocyclopentane 2-Methylcyclohexanol

CH 3

CH 2 CH 3 Cl

CH 3

CH 2 CH 3

1-Ethyl-3-methylcyclohexane 4-Chloro-2-ethyl-1-methylcyclohexane
(not 1-ethyl-5-methylcyclohexane) (not 1-Chloro-3-ethyl-4-methylcyclohexane)

2. When a single ring system is attached to a single chain with a greater number of
   carbon atoms, or when more than one ring system is attached to a single chain:

CH 2 CH 2 CH 2 CH 2 CH 3

1-Cyclobutylpentane 1,3-Dicyclohexylpropane

4.4B BICYCLIC COMPOUNDS

1. Bicycloalkanes: compounds containing two fused or bridged rings.

Two-carbon

bridge

Two-carbon

bridge

One-carbon

bridge

A bicycloheptane

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Bridgehead

H 2 C

H 2 C

CH

CH 2

CH 2

CH

CH 2

Bridgehead