Before drawing 2,2,4-trimethylpentane, answer the following questions.

How many carbon atoms will be in the longest chain of 2,2,4-trimethylpentane?
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How many sub-chains will there be in 2,2,4-trimethylpentane?
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Respuesta :

The main chain of the compound 2,2,4-trimethylpentane is pentane which has 5 carbons. Also, the three methyl functional group has 1 cabon each. Thus, the total number of carbons is 8 with the longest chain of 5 carbons.

There are 3 subchains in the compound. 
the answer is 5 and 3