Question

Question 2 10 pts What is the IUPAC name of the following compound?

Answer 1

1) Parent compound is cyclopentane (5-carbon cyclic chain).

1, 1,3 - Trimethyl cyclopentane

2) Numbering starts from maximum substituted carbon.

3) At C1, there are two methyl groups and at C3, ther is one methyl group present. ( Total three).

Starting with name of substituents followed by cycloprntane, name becomes,

  1,1,3 - Trimethylcyclopentane.