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What is the name of this structural formula?

What is the name of this structural formula?-example-1
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Answer:

3-methyl pentane

Step-by-step explanation:

The longest chain of carbons is 5, so it will have the prefix pent-.

The first branch is on the 3rd carbon, and it is a 1 carbon branch. This means the branch will be called 3-methyl.

Now to find the suffix we need to count the carbons and the hydrogens. There are 6 carbons and 14 hydrogens, which follows the formula for an alkane (
C{_n}H{_(n+2)}). This gives it the suffix -ane.

Now we can name the compound:

3-methyl pentane

That is the answer

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