[jkulier]

This is probably a very easy question, but I am just iffy on the answer.

I have a cyclohexane that have two of the same substituents:
1-(1-dimethylethyl) and 4-(1-dimethylethyl)

When naming this molecule, should it be:
1-(1-dimethylethyl)-4-(1-dimethylethyl)cyclohexane?

OR should I combine the dimethylethyl at carbons 1 and 4? If so, how would I do that?

Thanks for the *delete me*

[sjb]

Can you put a sketch up of the molecule, just so we're on the same page as it were? If it's what I think you've indicated, you could perhaps call it 1,4-di-tert-butyl-cyclohexane (cis or trans?), or if you want to use the 1(,1?)-dimethylethyl style of naming 1,4-bis-(1,1-dimethylethyl)cyclohexane.

[jkulier]

This is what it looks like

[gfunk]

Naming compounds isn't my strong suit so I use ChemDraw to name them for me .  It says it's "1,4-di-tert-butylcyclohexane".  Seems acceptable.