Talk:General Chemistry/Naming Substances

While this is a great start, I think there is a lot more that can be added as far as naming conventions go. For example, ortho-, para-, and meta- (o-, p-, and m-) are important to know. N- as in N-methyl whatever or N,N-dimethyl whatever is an often seen less commonly understood prefix used with amines and similar nitrogen containing compounds. When there's a substituent attached to the nitrogen (hence N-) it makes it unambiguous as to where the substituent is attached and also how many are attached to that same nitrogen. There's another n- (along with s- and t- and I guess you could add iso if we are talking about the butyl groups) used with short chain alkanes and alcohols. n- stands for normal s- is sec and t- is tert and iso is just iso. n- would be a "normal" unbranched chain and it would also be used when the functional group (if there is one, like an alcohol) is on the first carbon of that chain. s- or sec would be used when that functional group is on the "secondary" carbon. t- or tert if the butyl group is arranged like there are three methyl groups attached to the functional group and iso if the butyl group looks like a Y coming off of the functional group. The other less common prefix with short alkanes and alcohols is neo- used with the neopentyl group and I think that's the only use of neo- that I can think of, just that group. Levo- and Dextro- and there are many other conventions for nomenclature. Kjpmi (discuss • contribs) 05:30, 28 May 2017 (UTC)

Stock System
Because the Stock system was named after Alfred Stock ( see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stock_nomenclature ), it should be capitalized accordingly.