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Organic Chemistry Structural Formula Wrong?
There is this formula we have to identify using the IUPAC naming system. Note the . are just spacers to make sure it looks correct.
....H..CH3
.....l...l...F..H.H
H-C-C=C-C-C-H
.................l....l.....
.................H....H
The name is 2 Methyl 3 Fluoro Pentene I believe.
Isn't there a hydrogen missing under the first carbon? Doesnt there need to be 4 bonds with each carbon?
Ok good. And right, forgot to label that double bound. Thanks!
1 Answer
- kentuckyLv 61 decade agoFavorite Answer
Yes, carbon has to have 4 bonds. I would name it 2-Methyl-3-Fluoro-2-Pentene (some say Pent-2-ene)