This document provides instructions for naming hydrocarbon compounds. It explains that hydrocarbons can be alkanes, alkenes, or alkynes depending on whether they contain single, double, or triple bonds. It then outlines the steps to name a hydrocarbon: 1) Identify the parent chain, 2) Name any substituent groups, 3) Number the parent chain with the lowest sum at the substituents, 4) Specify the substituents and name the parent chain. Common substituents are methyl, ethyl, and propyl. Parent chains are named after the number of carbons, such as methane, ethane, propane, butane, pentane, hexane, heptane, and oct