i) Name this molecule

 

ii)  Why can’t we have 5-methylheptane or 1-methylhexane ?

 

iii) What’s wrong with calling a molecule 2-ethylpentane ?

 

iv)  What’s wrong with calling a molecule trimethylhexane ?

 

v) How many different alkanes with C₆H₁₄ molecular formula can you make ? Draw their skeletal formulae and name them.

 

vi) Name the isomers of dibromopropane. (It may help to draw them first).

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