Q.The IUPAC name of the compound
CH₃
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CH₃ - N - C - CH₂ - CH₃
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CH₃ C₂H₅
(N bonded to a CH₃ on the left and a CH₃ below it; the adjacent carbon bonded to a CH₃ above, a C₂H₅ below, and continuing to -CH₂-CH₃) is -
CH₃
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Start your 14-day free trial to unlock the full solution →Pick the longest carbon chain running through the carbon attached to nitrogen, number to give the amine (and thus the N-substituent carbon) the lowest locant, and cite the branch and the two N-methyls as substituents.
The amine nitrogen is bonded to two methyl groups and to a carbon (call it C*) that itself carries: a methyl group, an ethyl group, and continues into a -CH₂-CH₃ chain.
To find the parent chain, take the longest carbon chain running through C* (the carbon bearing the amino group): combining the ethyl branch on one side with the -CH₂-CH₃ continuation on the other side through C* gives a 5-carbon chain (pentane): , with C* as carbon 3 of that chain (the methyl group on C* becomes a 3-methyl substituent, and the shorter methyl-only branch is …
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