Convert each of the following functional class IUPAC names to a substitutive name.(a) Dibe...

Convert each of the following functional class IUPAC names to a substitutive name.

(a) Dibenzyl ketone

(b) Ethyl isopropyl ketone

(c) Methyl 2,2-dimethylpropyl ketone

(d) Allyl methyl ketone

Sample Solution (a) First write the structure corresponding to the name. Dibenzyl ketone has two benzyl groups attached to a carbonyl.

The longest continuous chain contains three carbons, and C-2 is the carbon of the carbonyl group. The substitutive IUPAC name for this ketone is 1,3-diphenyl-2-propanone or 1,3-diphenylpropan-2-one.