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(2) (8 points) In honor of the bicentennial celebration of Saint Louis Universit

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Question

(2) (8 points) In honor of the bicentennial celebration of Saint Louis University, the Board of Trustees has charged you with the synthesis of a molecule associated with 1818. What is the name of the smallest hy- drocarbon that contains only C and H atoms joined via sigma bonds whose systematic IUPAC name con- tains the four numbers 1, 8,1, and 8 in that order (with no other numbers). The numbers can be separated by any intervening characters, including dashes, words, or commas (but not other numbers).

Explanation / Answer

Answer: Smallest Hydrocarbon containing only C and H atoms via sigma bonds will be

1-butyl-8-ethyl-1-methyl-8-propylcyclooctane