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How do you name the structure 2-bromo-4-hexene?

Answer 1

I think you have done it.

#"2-bromo-4-hexene"# #-=# #H_3C-CHBrCH_2CH=CHCH_3#. I think the name is unambiguous, and therefore would be accepted by most professors of organic chemistry. Of course, such a structure could generate geometric isomerism around the double bond and the chiral centre (which is where?).

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Answer 2

Paisley Boney

The correct name for the structure 2-bromo-4-hexene is 4-bromo-2-hexene.

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Answer from HIX Tutor

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