hexane-2 4-dione is right nomenclature(why?) but i want to know that why 2,4-diketo hexane is not used ?

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hexane-2 4-dione is right nomenclature(why?) but  i want to know that why 2,4-diketo hexane is not used ?

anonymous · Answer

The nomenclature is directed by IUPAC. The wiki link below might be a good place to start. There has traditionally been confusion between the IUPAC names and the trivial names, and a lot of compounds formaldehyde (methanal) and acetic acid (ethanoic acid) are still referred to by their trivial names. So this could partly be the reason for why it is what it is: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IUPAC_nomenclature_of_organic_chemistry#Ketones Good Luck

anonymous · Answer

thanks but answer is not satisfyable.