What am i looking at rn

So ky friend said you need numbers next go the letters

it's biology but same difference

i barely know how to do my own laundry but i mean i think we learned it

Tetraethylmethane Or 3,3 diethylpentane

I just did organic chemistry so I think it's the second, since the longest chain of carbons, there is 5, so it's pentane The branching off ones are two long, so they are ethane. Since they are located 3 from the end, and there are 2, it's 3,3 diethyl Plus the pentane at the end

Just finished environ chem last semester so I vaguely recall this nonsense that I had to memorize lmao

Np! So like if you want the basics, you start at the longest carbon chain. That's what's the base is made off of, like methane, ethane, pentane, octane, stuff involving numbers, etc. Then the first chain you list is the one that's closest to the end of the large chain. Like if it was 3 from one end, 4 from another, you would call it 3. And then you put 3-the name of what it is, like ethyl, methyl, etc. If you got two or three, it's diethyl, trimethyl, etc.

Bored so I'ma dump what I was taught If there's multiple chains, one that's 3 from the end and one that's 2, you list the shorter chain first. There's 2 ethyls on different spots like 1 and 4? 1, 4 diethyl An ethyl and methyl on the same spot (3)? 3-methyl, 3-ethyl Can go to stuff like 2, 6-methyl, 3,4-ethyloctane

please dont ever delete this post bro im going to need this 💀

Dang I was kinds close

Thanks for telling me!