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Organic chemistry affixes
Carbon
-based
-ane
(
alkane
)
-ene
(
alkene
)
-ine
(unsaturated
hydrocarbon
)
-yne
(
alkyne
)
alk-
(nonaromatic
hydrocarbon
)
ar-
(
aromatic
)
cyclo-
(
cyclic
)
Oxygen
-based
-al
(
aldehyde
)
-oate
(
ester
)
-oic acid
(
carboxylic acid
)
-ol
(
alcohol
)
-one
(
ketone
)
-ose
(
sugar
)
Nitrogen
-based
-ine
(
alkaloid
)
aza-
(
N
replaces
C
)
Sulfur
-based
thio-
(
S
replaces
O
)
Counting axial atoms
meth-
(1)
eth-
(2)
prop-
(3)
but-
(4)
(and the rest are
ordinary Greek/Latin prefixes
)
Other
-ase
(
enzyme
)
-yl
(
radical
)
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