JAMB - Chemistry (2024 - No. 129)
The IUPAC name of the compound above is
3-methyl, 3-bromo butane
2-methyl, 2-bromo butane
2-bromo, 2-methyl butane
3-bromo, 3-methyl butane
Explicació
The longest Carbon chain is 4C atoms which implies the parent name is butane.
There are two substituents on C-2. i.e Bromo and Methyl. However, alphabetically, Bromo comes first and we'll have to make reference to it while naming before methyl.
Consequently, the IUPAC Nomenclature of the compound is 2- bromo, 2- methyl butane.