The IUPAC name of given compound:

1, 1-diethyl-2-dimethylpentane

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4, 4-dimethyl-5, 5-diethylpentane

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5, 5-diethyl-4, 4-dimethylpentane

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3-ethyl-4, 4 dimethylheptane

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Solution

The correct option is D 3-ethyl-4, 4 dimethylheptane
The longest chain rule is followed. According to which heptane is the longest chain and two methyl groups are attached to carbon number 4, one ethyl group is present at carbon number 3 (numbering of the chain is done from right to left).

Hence, option D is correct.

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1, 1 -

dimethylpentane. Its correct IUPAC name is:

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1 - i o d o - 2, 3 - d i m e t h y l p e n t a n e .

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