Common Names of Organic Molecules

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1. Which of the following is a common name for ethyne (HCCH)? acetone ethane acetylene ethene

2. What is a common name for methoxybenzene? anisole pyridine thiophene pyrrole

3. What is a common name for methanoic acid? Answer: (Two words, separated by a space. Think ants!)

4. What is a common name for hydroxybenzene? acetophenone methanol toluene phenol

5. What is ethanoic acid commonly known as? Answer: (Two words, second word acid.)

6. What is aminobenzene most commonly known as? aniline indole toluene quinoline

7. Here's a mouthful: what is 3,7-dimethyl-9-(2,6,6-trimethyl-1-cyclohexen-1-yl)-2,4,6,8-nonatetraen-1-ol more commonly known as? Vitamin A chlorophyll Vitamin E hemoglobin

8. What is ascorbic acid (itself a common name) better known as? Answer: (Two words (separated by a space), last word is a letter.)

9. What is the common name for 1,4-epoxy-1,3-butadiene? pyran pyrrole furan thiophene

10. The compound 2-methyl-1,3-butadiene has a common name. What is it? ethylene limonene camphor isoprene