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Write the IUPAC name of CH3CH2CH(CH3)CH2CH2CH2CH3.

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Solution

All carbons in the compound are saturated, thus it is an Alkane. The compound has 7 C in the longest chain with a methyl group bonded to the 3rd C. Hence it is named 3-Methylheptane.

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