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What Is the Name of the Following Structure

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What is the name of the following structure? What is the name of the following structure?   A) tert-butylethyne B) 3,3-dimethyl-1-pentyne C) 3-ethyl-3-methyl-1-butyne D) trans-ethylmethylbutyne


Definitions:

Chiral

Describes a molecule that cannot be superimposed on its mirror image, often resulting in different biological activities for each form.

Achiral

Lacking chirality; not having a non-superimposable mirror image.

Asymmetric Carbon

An asymmetric carbon, also known as a chiral carbon, is a carbon atom that is attached to four different groups, making its mirror image not superimposable on itself.

R or S

A system for specifying the configuration of chiral centers in molecules, based on the CIP (Cahn-Ingold-Prelog) priority rules.

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