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Q.Write the IUPAC name of C2H5-N(CH3)-CH3 (N-ethyl-N-methylmethanamine skeleton: C2H5 and two CH3 groups on N). OR Draw the structural formula of Butan-2-amine.

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The longest carbon chain attached to N (ethyl, 2 carbons) is chosen as the parent 'ethanamine'; the two remaining methyl groups on N are cited as N,N-dimethyl substituents.

C₂H₅–N(CH₃)–CH₃ is a tertiary amine with three groups on nitrogen: one ethyl and two methyl groups. IUPAC naming of amines picks the longest carbon chain bonded to the nitrogen as the parent chain (here, the 2-carbon ethyl group, giving the parent 'ethanamine'), and cites every other group atta …

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