General Organic Chemistry
8.0 Radicofunctional naming
8.0 Radicofunctional naming
An alternate system of naming, which is still very common in many textbooks, consists of naming the alkyl or aryl groups attached to a certain functional group as separate words followed by the functional group name.
The alternative naming of ethers and amines is a remnant of this system. The following example suffice to illustrate the system.
