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ChemistryNomenclatureIUPAC nomenclature of compounds containing functional/Polyfunctional groupHard2 minQB
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What is the name of the compound shown ?

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Answer:
D
Solution:

The bicycle has bridges of 5, 3 and 0 carbons: bicyclo[5.3.0]decane, with 10 carbons in all.

Numbering starts at a bridgehead (C₁), goes round the longest bridge, then the next. The two CH₃ groups get the lowest locants, 1 and 9.

Name: 1,9-dimethylbicyclo[5.3.0]decane.

Stream:JEESubject:ChemistryTopic:NomenclatureSubtopic:IUPAC nomenclature of compounds containing functional/Polyfunctional group
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