Question

Naming Alkanes

I'm just wondering what will be the parent hydrocarbon if the number of carbons in the ring and on the chain are equal?

Answer 1

the functional group is considered

Answer 2

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Answer 3

i did not understand ur q

Answer 4

You use brackets (something like this) 1-pentane(2-cyclobutane)3-isopropylcyclohexane But no one does this in real life, there are programs where you draw the molecule and it names it according to IUPAC rules for you.

Answer 5

by the way there are 6 carbons on the ring and 5 on the longest chain, so there is no ambiguity.

Answer 6

oh okay thanks!, but what will happen if there are 6 carbons on the chain?

Answer 7

i think the cyclo- part is the taken as the parent chain

Answer 8

http://www.acdlabs.com/iupac/nomenclature/

Answer 9

So i was wrong on that, the name of this compound would be

1-(2-cyclobutylpentane)-3-isopropylcyclohexane

Answer 10

thank you :)

Answer 11

no problem!