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What is the IUPAC name of the following compound?(a) N-Ethylpentan-1-amine(b) N-Ethylpentan-2-amine(c) N,N-Diethylbutan-1-amine(d) N-Ethyl-N-ButylethanamineThis question was posed to me in an internship interview.The query is from Amines Nomenclature topic in portion Amines of Chemistry – Class 12

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Right choice is (c) N,N-Diethylbutan-1-amine

For EXPLANATION: This is a tertiary amine with two identical alkyl substituents (ethyl group) and one butyl group which acts as the major chain. The prefix N,N-Di is used for the ethyl GROUPS and this collective group is attached at the first CARBON of the butyl group.



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