Nitriles

__**Nitriles**__ Nomenclature of Nitriles a. Name the parent alkane (include the carbon atom of the nitrile as part of the parent) followed with the word __** -nitrile. Cycloalkanes are followed by the word -carbonitrile **__ . The substituent name is cyano.

1-butanenitrile or 1-cyanopropane ·  Try to name the following compounds using these conventions…

[|J] [|J] ·  Try to draw structures for the following compounds…

butanedinitrile __**[|J]**__ 2-methycyclohexanecarbonitrile __**[|J]**__ b. Some common names that you should know are...

acetonitrile benzonitrile ·  Try to draw a structure for the following compound…

2-methoxybenzonitrile __**[|J]**__