Branches chain Alkanes

Alkanes

A branched chain alkane is an alkane which has alkyl groups bonded to its central carbon chain. Branched alkanes contain only carbon and hydrogen atoms, with carbons connected to other carbons by single bonds only, but the molecules contain branches (methyl, ethyl, etc.) so they are not linear.

Step 1- Count the number of carbons atoms in the longest continuous chain.

Step 2- Number each carbon in the present chain.

Step 3- Name each alkyl group substituent. Place the name of the parent chain.

Step 4- If the same alkyl group occurs more than once as a branch on the parent structure, use a prefix (di-, tetra-, and so on) before its name to indicate how many times appear.

Step 5- When different alkyl groups are attached to the same parent structure, place their names in alphabetical order.

Step 6- Write the entire name, using hyphens to separate numbers from words and commas to separate numbers.