When you draw out this compound, where is the double bond? 3-METHYL HEXENE

1 Answer
Jun 6, 2018

With all these problems you draw out the hydrocarbyl chain FIRST....

Explanation:

And so we got "n-hexane..."

H_3stackrel1C-CH_2stackrel3CH_2stackrel4CH_2CH_2stackrel6CH_3...but you specify "3-hexene"......between stackrel3C and stackrel4C, there is an olefinic bond....and hence we got...

H_3stackrel1C-CH_2stackrel3CH=stackrel4CHCH_2stackrel6CH_3..

And so we got "3-hexene", but "3-methylhexene" was specified…

H_3stackrel1C-CH_2stackrel3C(CH_3)=stackrel4CHCH_2stackrel6CH_3

,,now this structure will generate TWO geometric isomers. What are they?