At the end of this activity, students should be able to classify organic compounds as aliphatic, alicyclic or aromatic, define a homologous series of compounds, explain the general approach to naming organic compounds recommended by the IUPAC, identify and name parent hydrocarbons for organic molecules, build a name for an organic compound using the names of the parent hydrocarbon, alkyl groups and functional groups, apply the IUPAC rules in naming organic compounds and draw the structure of a molecule using its IUPAC name.

Originally released by Learnetic, 2016.