Draw a compound that:

  1. Has nine primary hydrogens
  2. Has only primary hydrogens

Short Answer

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  1. 2-Bromo-2-Methylbutane
  2. Neopentane

Step by step solution

01

Primary, Secondary, tertiary, and quaternary Nomenclature

While studying organic chemistry, we usually come across the words Primary, Secondary, tertiary, and quaternary. Carbon atoms as well as functional groups in an organic molecule can be said to be primary, secondary, tertiary, and quaternary.

Whether the carbon is primary, secondary, tertiary, or quaternary depends upon the number of other carbons directly attached to it.

Talking about primary, secondary, and tertiary hydrogens, we can say that, the Hydrogen attached to primary carbon is called primary hydrogen. Hydrogen attached to secondary carbon is called secondary hydrogen while the hydrogen attached to a tertiary carbon atom is called tertiary hydrogen.

02

Drawing the Structures

(a)Has nine primary hydrogens

Construct a skeleton such that it contains 3 primary carbons so that hydrogen attached to them are primary ones according to the description given above.

(b)Has only primary hydrogens

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