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The things to do while naming organic compounds are to

  1. find the longest carbon chain and specify the proper word root for it.
  2. Look for double or triple binds and if there are any name its suffix as -ene or -yne.
  3. Look for any substituent or functional group attached.
  4. If there are any, then the one with low priority comes as prefix and higher priority

    one comes as suffix.

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