Exercises Solution to 2-methylpentane |
Step 1 - Longest carbon chain has 5 carbons. The chain is therefore pentane Step 2 - Number the carbons so that the side chain(methyl) is on the lowest numbered carbon. Step 3 - Identify the side chain as a methyl. Step 4 - Writing the name with methyl as the prefix we get 2-methylpentane |