What is the structure of an organic species that has a formula of C9H18 in which ALL the hydrogens are equivalent?
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Anor277 is correct! hexamethylcyclopropane!
Explanation:
To solve this, one must first recognize that the only way to get all primary hydrogens is to have all the hydrogens on methyl groups,
CH 3 .
There are 18 hydrogens.
That means there are 18/3 methyl groups.
That means we will need 6 carbons for the methyl groups.
That leaves 3 carbons to make up the support structure.
You could put them in a straight chain, but when you do that you end up with too many hydrogens and two of those hydrogens are tertiary:
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