• @[email protected]
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    Assuming this has a 47 hydrogens stuck on to make it stable, I’d call it:

    3-methyl-3,4,5,5,6-pentaethyl-6-buta-2-yl decane

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      183 days ago

      dodecane has a 12 carbon chain. The longest chain here is 10 carbons, which would be decane.

    • Seth
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      93 days ago

      I am a total chem nitwit, would you like to explain me how you come to this ?

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        It basically comes down to finding the longest chain of carbons, then you number each of the carbons on that chain and list off things that are attached to each of them. For example, 1 carbon = methyl, 2 carbons = ethyl, etc.