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Organic Chemistry – Some Basic Principles and Techniques
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Make the primary, secondary, tertiary and quaternary carbon atoms in the following molecule:

Also find the number of primary, secondary and tertiary carbon atoms in it. 


Answer

The given molecule is

Name of a carbon atom. Primary (5), secondary (1), tertiary (1).

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Some More Questions From Organic Chemistry – Some Basic Principles and Techniques Chapter

What are aromatic compounds?

What are heterocyclic compounds?

What type of hybridisation is involved in: (i) Planar (ii) Linear molecules?

What does IUPAC stand for?

What system of nomenclature is accepted universally?

What are isomers?

How many chain isomers are possible for pentane?

Which characteristic is common to different isomers of a compound?

 

Name three alkanes which do not show chain isomerism.

Name the types of structural isomerism shown by alkanes.