Question

Write the IUPAC name of the compound.

\[\begin{array}{cc}
\phantom{.}\ce{O}\\
\phantom{.}||\\
\ce{CH3 - CH2 - C - CH - CH3}\\
\phantom{..........}|\\
\phantom{...............}\ce{C = O}\\
\phantom{..........}|\\
\phantom{.............}\ce{CH3}
\end{array}\]

Options

• 3-methyl hexane dione-2, 4-dione

• 3-ethyl hexane dione-2, 4-dione

• 1, 1-di ethyl hexane dione-2, 4-dione

• None of these

Answer 1

3-methyl hexane dione-2, 4-dione