May 4 2010 (late post)

Alkenes
- Compounds with double bonds end in -ene

- Put a # in front of the parent chain that indicates where the double bond is

- More thn one double bond changes the parent chain slightly

- Double bond always has priority (when choosing the direction of numbering)

- Any rime more than one double bond occurs, you add adi, atri, atetra...

- The longest chain has to include the double bond

Alkynes
- For compounds with triple bonds use -yne ending

- Follow all the same alkene rules

- The longest chain has to include the triple bond