Chemistry 9th Edition

Published by Cengage Learning
ISBN 10: 1133611095
ISBN 13: 978-1-13361-109-7

Chapter 22 - Organic and Biological Molecules - Exercises - Page 1072: 31

Answer

a) 1,3-dichlorobutane b) 1,1,1-trichlorobutane c) 2,3-dichloro-2,4-dimethylhexane d) 1,2-difluoroethane

Work Step by Step

tips: 1- try to find the longest carbon chain 2- choose numbers for branches that give an overall summation lower than other alternatives 3- arrange substituted groups alphabetically. for example, dichloro was written before dimethyl because C is before M in the alphabet.
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