2,3-dimethylhexane contains......tertiary......secondary and...primary carbons respectively.

Options

A. 2,2,4
B. 2,4,3
C. 4,3,2
D. 3,2,4

Answer

A

Explanation

`overset(1^(@))(H_(3)C)-overset(2^(@))(CH_(2))-overset(2^(@))(CH_(2))-underset(underset(1^(@))(CH_(3))"")underset("| ")(overset(3^(@))(CH))-underset(underset(1^(@))(CH_(3))"")underset("| ")(overset(3^(@))(CH))-overset(1^(@))(CH_(3))`
2-Tertiary Carbon atoms
2-Secondary Carbon atoms
4-Primary carbon atoms