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Question 23.4: Naming a Cycloalkane What is the IUPAC name of the following......

Naming a Cycloalkane

What is the IUPAC name of the following cycloalkane?

STRATEGY

First, identify the parent cycloalkane (cyclopentane) and the two substituents (a methyl group and an isopropyl group). Then, number the ring beginning at the group having alphabetical priority (isopropyl rather than methyl) and proceed in a direction that gives the second group the lower possible number.

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