The IUPAC name of the following compound is:

The IUPAC name of the following compound is:

  1. 2-Ethyl-1, 1-dimethyl cyclohexane
  2. 1, 1-Dimethyl-2-ethyl cyclohexane
  3. 2, 2-Dimethyl-1-1-ethyl cyclohexane
  4. 1-Ethyl-2, 2-dimethyl cyclohexane

Solution

Six membered cyclic ring will be the root chain. It is an alkane with only single bonds so suffix "ane" will be used. The IUPAC name of the compound will be.

2-Ethyl-1, 1-dimethyl cyclohexane

Asked in: JEE Main 2017 (08 Apr Online)

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