On this question, the second example, I am very confused as to the order in which they put the name? Why is it not 3-chloro-1-(2-methylpropan-2-ol) cycloheptane?
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2015 Practice Final 9A
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Re: 2015 Practice Final 9A
In this case I think the cycloheptane is treated as a substituent while the propane is treated as the main carbon chain because propane contains the functional OH group, and the main/longest carbon chain must always contain the functional group. This explains the anomalous naming.
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