{"id":31039,"date":"2025-06-21T21:49:39","date_gmt":"2025-06-21T21:49:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/?p=31039"},"modified":"2025-06-21T21:49:44","modified_gmt":"2025-06-21T21:49:44","slug":"name-the-compound-ch33ch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/name-the-compound-ch33ch\/","title":{"rendered":"Name the compound, (CH3)3CH"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Name the compound, (CH3)3CH<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\"><strong>The correct answer and explanation is:<\/strong><\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The correct name of the compound <strong>(CH\u2083)\u2083CH<\/strong> is <strong>2-methylpropane<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Explanation:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The molecular formula (CH\u2083)\u2083CH can be expanded as:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Three methyl groups (CH\u2083) are bonded to a central carbon atom (C).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The central carbon is also bonded to one hydrogen atom (H).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>This results in a total of four carbon atoms arranged in a branched structure. The structure looks like this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>       CH3\n        |\nCH3 \u2014 C \u2014 H\n        |\n       CH3<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>This molecule is an <strong>alkane<\/strong>, meaning it contains only single bonds between carbon atoms and is saturated with hydrogen. Its structure includes a <strong>main chain of three carbon atoms<\/strong>, and a <strong>methyl group<\/strong> is attached to the second carbon atom in the chain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To name this compound according to IUPAC rules:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Identify the longest continuous carbon chain<\/strong>. The main chain is propane, which contains three carbon atoms.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Identify and name the substituent<\/strong>. There is one methyl group (CH\u2083) attached.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Number the main chain<\/strong> from the end closest to the substituent to give the substituent the lowest possible number. The methyl group is on carbon 2.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Combine the name: The substituent (methyl) and its position (2) are added as a prefix to the name of the main chain (propane).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Thus, the name becomes <strong>2-methylpropane<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This compound is also known by its <strong>common name<\/strong>: <strong>isobutane<\/strong>. Isobutane is a structural isomer of <strong>butane<\/strong>, meaning it has the same molecular formula (C\u2084H\u2081\u2080) but a different arrangement of atoms. While butane has a straight-chain structure, isobutane has a branched structure, which affects its physical and chemical properties such as boiling point and reactivity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Name the compound, (CH3)3CH The correct answer and explanation is: The correct name of the compound (CH\u2083)\u2083CH is 2-methylpropane. Explanation: The molecular formula (CH\u2083)\u2083CH can be expanded as: This results in a total of four carbon atoms arranged in a branched structure. The structure looks like this: This molecule is an alkane, meaning it contains [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31039","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-quiz-questions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31039","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31039"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31039\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31041,"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31039\/revisions\/31041"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31039"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31039"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31039"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}