Answer to Question #32025 in Organic Chemistry for Ashish sharma

Question

QUESTION.? (ON ISOMERISM- CHAIN ISOMERISM)

C4H10 ( BUTANE ) have two structural formulae--

H H H H H H H
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H-C-C-C-C-H H -C -C -C -H
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H H H H H | H
H- C-H }
(n-Butane) | } also can be written CH3
H }
iso - butane

if we can write it as CH3 then its formula will be 2-methylpropane or not??

Answer 1

Yes, you are correct. 2-methylpropane and isobutane are identical, there are two different names for one substance.