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When is di- used in the name of a hydrocarbon?
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When is di- used in the name of a hydrocarbon?

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Di- is used when you are naming organic compounds. If you have the same substituent repeated twice in the compund
For example: CH3-CH(CH3)-CH2-CH(CH3)-CH3
This will be named 2,4-dimethylpentane
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