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Provide the IUPAC names for the following organic compounds, including step-by-step naming instructions.

May 1, 2026Chemistry

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Here are the IUPAC names for the given organic compounds:

a) $\text{CH}_3-\text{CH}_2-\text{C}(=\text{O})-\text{CH}(\text{CH}_3)-\text{CH}_3$

Identify the longest carbon chain containing the ketone functional group.
This chain has 5 carbons (pentane).
Number the chain to give the ketone carbon the lowest possible number.
The ketone is at carbon 3 from either end.
Number the chain to give the substituent the lowest possible number.
Numbering from the right gives the methyl group at carbon 2.
Identify substituents.
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