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Chemistry: Principles and Practice

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Author:Daniel L. Reger, Scott R. Goode, David W. Ball, Edward Mercer

Publisher:Daniel L. Reger, Scott R. Goode, David W. Ball, Edward Mercer

Chapter22: Organic Chemistry And Biochemistry

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Problem 26QE

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Write structural formulas and line-angle formulas for the following alkanes and cycloalkanes.

Q.) 3-Ethyl-2,4,5-trimethyloctane

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The structure of a compound represents the arrangement of atoms in space while the short-hand representation of the molecule's bonding in which only skeletal atoms ( i.e. C and H-atoms) are represented by lines.

Step 2

The IUPAC name has three parts-

Prefix+ Word Root+ Suffix

Where,

Word root represents the number of carbons in the main chain. Suffix represents that compound is saturated or unsaturated and also the functional groups attached. The prefix represents the substituents attached and also the low priority functional groups.

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