Multiple Choice Questions

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Provide an acceptable name for the alkene shown below:

  • 5-ethyl-6-methyl-propyl decane

  • 2-ethyl-6-methyl-2-propyldecane

  • 2-ethyl-6-methyl-5-propyldecane

  • 6-ethyl-2-methyl-5-propyldecane


D.

6-ethyl-2-methyl-5-propyldecane

The name of the alkene is 6-ethyl 2-methyl 5-propyldecane.


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Among the following, the reaction that proceeds through an electrophilic substitution, is:


An alkene "A" on reaction with O3 and Zn–H2O gives propanone and ethanal in equimolar ratio. Addition of HCl to alkene "A" gives "B" as the major product. The structure of product "B" is:

  • H3C—CH2—CH(CH2Cl)—CH3


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