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Mobile App Chapter 3: Q11 P-a (page 78)
Give IUPAC names for the following compounds:
(a)The three isomers of C5H12
Short Answer
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(a)The IUPAC name of three isomers of C5H12are pentane, 2-Methylbutane and 2,2-Dimethylpropane.
Step by step solution
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IUPAC nomenclature
A chemical compound comprises several systematic names. The systematic procedure of providing name to a specific compound is IUPAC nomenclature.
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Providing IUPAC names to the three isomers of C5H12
(a)The structures of the three isomers of pentane can be given as:
Isomers of pentane
The IUPAC name of the first structure is pentane, second structure is 2-Methylbutane and third structure is 2,2-Dimethylpropane.
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