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anor277
Feb 16, 2017

"True.............."

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"2,3-dimethylpentane" -= H_3C-CH(CH_3)CH(CH_3)CH_2CH_3

All of the carbons are attached to hydrogens, and are either "primary" (CH_3), "secondary" (CH_2), or "tertiary" (CH). The formal names of these hydrogens are "methyl", "methylene", and "methine".

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A so-called "quaternary carbon" contains no C-H bonds; can you identify one in "neopentane", C(CH_3)_4?

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