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[–] [email protected] 42 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

Assuming this has a 47 hydrogens stuck on to make it stable, I'd call it:

3-methyl-3,4,5,5,6-pentaethyl-6-buta-2-yl decane

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 days ago

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 that carbon. For example, 1 carbon = methyl, 2 carbons = ethyl, etc.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 days ago (1 children)

dodecane has a 12 carbon chain. The longest chain here is 10 carbons, which would be decane.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

Good catch.