Drawing Organic Structures

Draw a structure corresponding to each of the IUPAC names given to the right, paying careful attention to stereochemistry.

Click the mouse on the names to view the structures.


The cyclopentane ring is the parent chain; either bromine-bearing carbon could be carbon #1; the stereochemistry is trans (E).


The cyclohexane is the parent; the isopropyl group is bonded to carbon #1 since iso is alphabetically before methyl.


Either cyclopentane ring is the parent; the cyclopentylmethyl group is simply a substituent.


The heptane chain is the parent; the lowest number sequence is generated with the two methyl groups bonded to carbon #2.


The cyclopropane is the parent; carbon #1 bears the chlorine and the stereochemistry is trans (E).


The cyclobutane chain is the parent; the two methyl groups are bonded 1-3, relative to each other, and the stereochemistry is E or trans.


The cyclooctane ring is the parent (8 carbons) with the hexyl residue bonded to carbon #1.


The cyclopentane ring is the parent; the methyl- has higher priority than the nitro-group alphabetically and the stereochemistry is cis (Z).


The cyclohexane is the parent; the two bromines are 1,2 relative to each other and the stereochemistry is trans (E).