• Seth
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    2 个月前

    I am a total chem nitwit, would you like to explain me how you come to this ?

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      2 个月前

      It basically comes down to finding the longest chain of carbons, then you number each of the carbons on that chain and list off things that are attached to each of them. For example, 1 carbon = methyl, 2 carbons = ethyl, etc.