| A | B |
|---|
| meth | one carbon |
| eth | two carbons |
| prop | three carbons |
| but | four carbons |
| pent | five carbons |
| hex | six carbons |
| hept | seven carbons |
| oct | eight carbons |
| non | nine carbons |
| dec | ten carbons |
| alkane | carbon and hydrogen compounds with only single bonds |
| alkene | carbon-hydrogen compounds with at least on double bond |
| alkyne | carbon-hydrogen compounds with at least one triple bond |
| amine | carbon compound with nitrogen |
| ether | carbon chain broken up by an oxygen atom |
| ketone | carbond double bonded to an oxygen |
| carboxylic acid | carbon double bonded to an oxygen AND single bonded to an OH group |
| ester | carbon double bonded to an oxygen AND single bonded to an oxygen and another carbon group |
| aldehyde | carbon double bonded to oxygen AND a hydrogen |
| alcohol | carbon chain with a hydroxyl (OH) group replacing a hydrogen |
| carbonyl group | portion of a molecule which includes a carbon double bonded to an oxygen |
| carboxyl group | portion of a molecule in which a carbon is double bonded to an oxygen and single bonded to a different oxygen. |
