What is the name of ch3 ch2 ch2 ch2 ch3?

Answer 1

Cyclopentyl ethyl ester

Answer 2

Butane

Answer 3

In organic compounds, carbon forms four bonds for all practical purposes. There is a compound called methylene, CH2, but it is extremely reactive. The compound CCl2 can also be formed from the right precursors, and although it is a lot more stable than methylene, it is still very reactive. There are other examples where carbon does not have four bonds as in CH5+, CH3., and CH3+, but they are all extremely reactive meaning they have a very short lifetime.

The hypothetical compund about which you are inquiring does not exist because the second carbon from the left would require five bonds. Even the hypothetical compound where the second carbon were CH2 instead of CH3 also would not exist because in that case the middle carbon would only have three bonds, and if that were corrected by placing a double bond between the middle carbon and the carbon to its right, then that carbon would five bonds.

I can only guess that you meant to ask the name of the real compound

H3C-CH2-CH2-CH2-CH3. The name of that compound is pentane.

Answer 4

CH3CH2CH2CH2CH3 or C5H12 is an alkane; it is pentane.

Answer 5

Yes.

Answer 6

Propane

Answer 7

butane

Answer 8

propyl