Give the structure of 5 – (2 – Ethyl butyl) – 3, 3 – di-methyl-decane

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Solution

The main chain contains $10$ carbon atoms ad it is a decane.
${CH}_{3} - {CH}_{2} - {CH}_{2} - {CH}_{2} - {CH}_{2} - {CH}_{2} - {CH}_{2} - {CH}_{2} - {CH}_{2} - {CH}_{3}$
Two methyl groups are present in the third position of the main chain.
In the fifth position, $2 - Ethyl butyl$ is present i.e.,. $- {CH}_{2} - CH (C_{2} H_{5}) - {CH}_{2} - {CH}_{3}$ on the fifth position.
Then the structure of 5 – (2 – Ethyl butyl) – 3, 3 – di-methyl-decane will be:

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