According to the IUPAC Convention, Alkyl Substituents on a Hydrocarbon

question 90

Multiple Choice

According to the IUPAC convention, alkyl substituents on a hydrocarbon chain should be listed in which order?

• A)in order with the substituent having the lowest number of carbons first
• B)alphabetical without considering prefixes
• C)in order with the substituent having the highest total number of carbons first
• D)alphabetical including prefixes
• E)in order with the substituent having the highest number of carbons first

---

Definitions:

Normal Curve

A bell-shaped curve that represents the distribution of a set of data where most occurrences take place around the mean, tapering off symmetrically towards the extremes.

T-statistic

A type of statistic used in hypothesis testing when the sample size is small and the population variance is unknown, it is based on the Student's t-distribution.

Z-score

A statistic that tells you how many standard deviations a given value is from the mean.

Sample Mean

The average value of a sample set, calculated by summing all observations and dividing by the number of observations.