Organic Chemistry
Organic Chemistry
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ISBN: 9781118452288
Author: David R. Klein
Publisher: WILEY
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Chapter 4.2, Problem 1LTS
Interpretation Introduction

Interpretation:

The parent chain of given organic compound should be identified.

Concept Introduction:

Nomenclature of organic chemicals:

The naming of the organic compounds is given by IUPAC (International Union for pure and applied chemistry). In the IUPAC names consist of certain rules for giving chemical names they are,

  • The largest number of Carbon present in the chain is called as a parent of the compound.
  • The compound have more than one parent chains means the larger number of substitutions present in the chain is consider as a parent chain.

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