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A compound mistakenly named 3,4-dimethylbutane should be named correctly as:


A

1-methylpentane

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2-methylpentane

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2-methylpentane

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4-methylpentane

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Solution

The correct option is C

2-methylpentane


The longest chain contains 5 C-atoms. hence named as 3-methyl pentane


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