The following label was found on a bottle of liquid hydrocarbons in the laboratory of Dr. Ima Turkey following his disappearance
under mysterious circumstances. Although the name defines a structure unambiguously, it is not the correct IUPAC substitutive name. Give the correct name for the compound. Details count; pay attention to hyphens, commas, and spelling.
2-ethyl-2,4,6-trimethylheptane
2-ethyl-2,4,6-trimethylheptane
1 answer:
If you draw the given compound you would see that the longest chain have 8 carbons, so the compound is octone not heptane.
Now you give indices for each carbon atom involved in the principal carbon chain in such a way the substituents are heaving the lowest number.
The correct name of the compound is:
2,4,6,6-tetramethyl-octane
In the attached figure you may see the drawing of the molecule.
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