What is the IUPAC name of the simplest bicycle compound?
Bicyclo[1∙1∙0]butane
The simplest bicycle compound is
It is numbered as follows:
The numbering starts at the bridgehead and proceeds to number the ring containing higher carbon
atoms (excluding the bridgecommon carbon atoms)
The compound has a total of 4carbon atoms. Hence it is named as butane. To name the compound, we
use the bicyclo prefix. The IUPAC name is
Bicyclo[1,1,0]butane
While naming, the bracket explains the following