Practice in Naming Alkanes
What is the IUPAC name of the following alkane?
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Find the longest continuous carbon chain in the molecule, and use that as the parent name. This molecule has a chain of eight carbons-octane-with two methyl substituents. (You have to turn corners to see it.)Numbering from the end nearer the first methyl substituent indicates that the methyl are at C2 and C6
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