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IUPAC name of (CH3)2CHCH(CH3)2 is :
IUPAC name of (CH3)2CHCH(CH3)2 is :
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The correct option is C 2,3-dimethylbutane
1. Select the longest continuous carbon chain in the molecule and this chain is called the parent/ main/principal chain.
2. If the same substituent occurs more than once in the molecule, then prefix di (for two), tri (for three), tetra(for four) are used to indicate how many times it appears. - Numbers are separated from each other by commas.
- Numbers are separated from words by hyphens and there is no space between the name of the substituents and the word root.
2,3-dimethylbutane is the correct IUPAC name of the above compound.
1. Select the longest continuous carbon chain in the molecule and this chain is called the parent/ main/principal chain.
2. If the same substituent occurs more than once in the molecule, then prefix di (for two), tri (for three), tetra(for four) are used to indicate how many times it appears.
- Numbers are separated from each other by commas.
- Numbers are separated from words by hyphens and there is no space between the name of the substituents and the word root.
2,3-dimethylbutane is the correct IUPAC name of the above compound.
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