Question 26.2: Naming an Alkane Hydrocarbon Give an appropriate IUPAC name ...

Naming an Alkane Hydrocarbon

Give an appropriate IUPAC name for the following compound, an important constituent of gasoline.

\begin{array}{r c} \begin{matrix} \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \underset{|}{CH_3} \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \underset{|}{CH_3} \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \\ \underset{1}{C} H_3-\underset{|2}C-\underset{3}{C}H_2-\underset{4}{C}H-\underset{5}{C}H_3\\ {CH_3}\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \end{matrix} \end{array}

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