- carbon chains can form 2 types of closed loops
- Alicylics are loops usually made with single bonds
- if parent chain is a loop standard naming rules apply
- with one addition: "
cyclo" is added in front of the parent chain
3 different ways to draw organic compounds:
1. Complete Structural Diagram
2. Condensed Structural Diagram
3. Line Diagram
- numbering can go anywhere starting clockwise or counterclockwise on the loop
but the side chains must be the lowest number
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