Answer to Question #328633 in Organic Chemistry for Jely Anne sorrilla

Question

Name the following alkane. Show / explain how you name it.

Ch3—Ch—ch3 | Ch3—ch—ch2— l Ch3

Answer 1

We find the longest continuous carbon chain and number the chain consecutively, starting at the end nearest a substituent group.

Name of the longest chain is pentane (has 5 atoms of C). Name of the substituent group (CH₃-- group) is methyl-.

Now we assemble the name, listing substituent groups and their location. The prefixes di, tri, tetra etc., are used to designate several groups of the same kind.

Answer: 2,3-dimethylpentane