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The IUPAC name of the following compound is?

CH3CH3CH(CH2CH3)CH2CH(CH3)CH3


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2-Methyl-4-ethylhexane

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4-Ethyl-2-methylhexane

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4-Methyl-2-ethylhexane

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None of these

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Solution

The correct option is B

4-Ethyl-2-methylhexane


Step 1: Find parent chain .

Then give numbering so that the substituent will get the lowest number.

6 carbon root word Hex

single bond suffix ane

ethyl at C4 and methyl at C2.

Therefore,

4-Ethyl- 2-methylhexane
} alphabetical order

2-Methyl-4-ethylhexane χ


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