Kimia : Alkanes Nomenclature

In naming alkanes will be very difficult if you just use common nomenclature alkanes (methane sd decane, for the C1-C10). This is due to the alkane isomers, so the need for specific names. For example, normal prefix is used for straight-chain, while the prefix iso for isomer has one CH3 branch attached to the carbon atom number two. In fact, very difficult for us to give the name of the carbon chain has a lot of isomers. Therefore, the international association of chemists at a meeting in Geneva in 1892 has redefined the rules of naming chemical compounds. They formulated nomenclature was famous for IUPAC nomenclature (International Unionof Pure and Applied Chemistry). The name is derived by rule called systematic name or IUPAC name, while the name has been used before IUPAC nomenclature still used and referred to by the common name or the name of the trivial.