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Answer the following (group 2) · Q1

Q.Write the IUPAC names of the following amines :
a. CH3-CH2-N(CH3)-CH2-CH2-CH3
b. CH3-C(CH3)2-CH2-CH2-NH2
c. CH3-CH(CH3)-NH-CH2-CH3
(These three structures are printed in the source as stacked line-fragments -- a substituent group's formula on one line and its point of attachment on the line below -- and are reassembled here into standard linear notation.)

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Step 1. (a) CH3-CH2-N(CH3)-CH2-CH2-CH3. Nitrogen carries three groups: ethyl (2C), methyl (1C), and n-propyl (3C). The LARGEST, n-propyl, is the parent chain, named propan-1-amine (amino group necessarily at C1, the chain end attached to N). The remaining two groups, ethyl and methyl, are cited as N-substituents, in alphabetical order: N-Ethyl-N-methylpropan-1-amine -- exactly matching Table 13.2's own listed entry for this identical structure.

Step 2. (b) CH3-C(CH3)2-CH2-CH2-NH2. This is a PRIMARY amine (one group -- the whole carbon skeleton -- on nitrogen), so the whole molecule is simply named as one substituted alkanamine chain. Numbering from the -NH2 end (C1): C1 = CH2-NH2, C2 = CH2, C3 = C(CH3)2 (bearing two methyl substituents), C4 = CH3 (chain terminus) -- a four-carbon parent chain, butan-1-amine, with two methyl substituents both at C3: 3,3-Dimethylbutan-1-amine.

Step 3. (c) CH3-CH(CH3)-NH-CH2-CH3. Nitrogen carries two groups: isopropyl (propan-2-yl, 3C) and ethyl (2C). The larger group, isopropyl, is the parent chain, named propan-2-amine (amino group on C2, the middle/branching carbon). The remaining group, ethyl, is cited as an N-substituent: N-Ethylpropan-2-amine.

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a. N-Ethyl-N-methylpropan-1-amine. b. 3,3-Dimethylbutan-1-amine. c. N-Ethylpropan-2-amine.

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