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Identify the name of the parent for each of the following
Chapter 4, Problem 4.39(choose chapter or problem)
QUESTION:
Identify the name of the parent for each of the following compounds: (a) (b) (c) (d)
Questions & Answers
QUESTION:
Identify the name of the parent for each of the following compounds: (a) (b) (c) (d)
ANSWER:Step 1 of 4
a. Identify the parent by tracing the longest carbon chain with the most substituents from one side of the molecule to the other. Here, it is an eight-carbon chain known as octane.