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any methyl or ethyl gruop substituted down the carbon chain must be considered as methyl or ethyl but not in naming the suffix like but or pent?

vidya , 9 Years ago
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Naveen Kumar

Last Activity: 9 Years ago

Dear student, these are substituent and not the main carbon chain. In IUPAC system the naming is done according to this way:
Prefix-root word-suffix.
The root word is the main chain of carbon and the substituents are writtenas prefix. The functionasl group is written as the suffix.

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