Solution to 2,2,4-trimethylhexane |
Step 1 - Longest carbon chain has 6carbons. The chain is therefore hexane Step 2 - Number the carbons so that the side chain(methyl) is on the lowest numbered carbon. Step 3 - Identify the side chains as three methyls Step 4 - Writing the name with methyl as the prefix we get 2,2,4-trimethylhexanetane |