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Q.Give IUPAC names for the following compounds

​1) CH3-CH=CH-CH=CH-C≡\equivC-CH3
​2) CH3-C(C2H5)(CH3)-CH(CH3)-C≡\equivC-CH3 (the second carbon carries both an ethyl and a methyl branch; the third carbon carries a methyl branch and an H)
​3) (CH3)3C-C≡\equivC-CH(CH3)2
​4) ethyl isopropyl acetylene
​5) CH≡\equivC-C≡\equivC-C≡\equivCH
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Step 1 (structure 1). CH3-CH=CH-CH=CH-C≡\equivC-CH3 is an eight-carbon chain (octa-) with double bonds starting at C2 and C4 and a triple bond starting at C6 (numbering from the left gives the double bonds the lower locant set when there is a choice, per the rule that ene gets priority over yne for the lowest locant in a tie): octa-2,4-dien-6-yne.

Step 2 (structure 2). CH3-C(C2H5)(CH3)-CH(CH3)-C≡\equivC-CH3: numbering from the triple-bond end gives it the lower locant (2 rather than 4); the resulting hexyne backbone carries an ethyl and a methyl on C5, plus a methyl on C4: 5-ethyl-4,5-dimethylhex-2-yne.

Step 3 (structure 3). (CH3)3C-C≡\equivC-CH(CH3)2: a hexyne backbone (triple bond at C3, symmetric either direction) with two methyls on C2 and one methyl on C5 (numbering chosen to give the substituent locant SET {2,2,5}, lower than the alternative {2,5,5}): 2,2,5-trimethylhex-3-yne.

Step 4 (structure 4, from the common name). 'Ethyl isopropyl acetylene' means acetylene (HC≡\equivCH) with an ethyl group on one triple-bond carbon and an isopropyl group on the other: Et-C≡\equivC-iPr = CH3CH2-C≡\equivC-CH(CH3)-CH3; numbering from the isopropyl end gives the methyl branch the lower locant (2 rather than 5): 2-methylhex-3-yne.

Step 5 (structure 5). CH≡\equivC-C≡\equivC-C≡\equivCH is a six-carbon chain with three triple bonds, symmetric, starting at C1, C3 and C5: hexa-1,3,5-triyne.

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(1) octa-2,4-dien-6-yne; (2) 5-ethyl-4,5-dimethylhex-2-yne; (3) 2,2,5-trimethylhex-3-yne; (4) 2-methylhex-3-yne; (5) hexa-1,3,5-triyne.

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