Question

Draw and write down the correct chemical formula for the following

compounds.(/4)

a) 3-ethyl-2,2-dimethyloctane

b) 3,4-diethyl-2,3,4-trimethyl-non-1-ene

Answer 1

ANSWER: In drawing the structure from the given name, please follow the below steps.

1. Identify the parent carbon chain and the functional group from the suffix
2. Identify the substituents from the prefix part.
3. This gives the final structure by adding the above two parts.

For the given names, the structures are drawn as shown below.

a) The given name is3-ethyl-2,2-dimethyloctan

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• Anonymous posted 2 minutes ago

  May I ask what the correct chemical formulas for each are?

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