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IUPAC naming help
« on: October 14, 2012, 10:23:43 PM »
Hi...I have this compound here and I have two different ways of naming it. Which one is correct by the IUPAC norms?

CH3-C-(C2H5)2-CH2Br

I got these two:
1-bromo 2,2-diethyl propane
2-bromomethyl 2-methyl pentane

Which one is right, and why?
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Re: IUPAC naming help
« Reply #1 on: October 14, 2012, 10:27:01 PM »
Neither according to ChemDraw, it's 3-(bromomethyl)-3-methylpentane.
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Re: IUPAC naming help
« Reply #2 on: October 14, 2012, 10:30:43 PM »
Quote from: discodermolide on October 14, 2012, 10:27:01 PM
Neither according to ChemDraw, it's 3-(bromomethyl)-3-methylpentane.

So, does that mean you're supposed to take the longest possible carbon chain, and not necessarily the longest chain holding the functional group?
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Re: IUPAC naming help
« Reply #3 on: October 14, 2012, 10:32:52 PM »
Yes, you take the longest carbon chain.
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Re: IUPAC naming help
« Reply #4 on: October 14, 2012, 10:33:39 PM »
Thank you, discodermolide!
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Re: IUPAC naming help
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Re: IUPAC naming help
« Reply #6 on: October 15, 2012, 12:00:40 AM »
@discodermolide you should totally put that site under Organic Chemistry resources. it is amazing
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