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Choose the correct IUPAC name of the following compound:

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tricyclobutylmethane
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methyltricyclobutane
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1-methyltributane
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None of the above
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Solution

The correct option is A tricyclobutylmethane
For determing the parent chain :
when, more than one alicyclic ring is attached to a single chain.
Then,
Rings - Substituents
Attached Alkyl - Parent Chain
Here, three rings are substituents and the numbered carbon is the parent chain , as shown :


The correct IUPAC name of the above structure is tricyclobutylmethane

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