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?

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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?

rvc · Answer

the functional group is considered

anonymous · Answer

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rvc · Answer

i did not understand ur q

anonymous · Answer

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aaronq · Answer

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.

aaronq · Answer

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

anonymous · Answer

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

aaronq · Answer

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

aaronq · Answer

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

aaronq · Answer

So i was wrong on that, the name of this compound would be

 1-(2-cyclobutylpentane)-3-isopropylcyclohexane

anonymous · Answer

thank you :)

aaronq · Answer

no problem!