Question

Question: Name each thiol.

a.

b.

Short answer

Answer

a. 4-ethyl-2-methylhexane-1-thiol

b. 4,6-dimethyloctane-2-thiol

Step-by-step solution

Step-by-Step Solution Step 1: IUPAC of thiol

The function group used to represent thiol is –SH. The first step is to find out the longest chain of the compound. The suffix used for –SH group is a thiol.

Naming of the thiol of a

a. The given compound contains the –SH group. It is composed of six carbon atoms in a chain in which the thiol group, the methyl group, and an ethyl group are attached to C-1, C-2, and C-3 atoms, respectively.

The name of the thiol is 4-ethyl-2-methylhexane-1-thiol, as shown below.

4-ethyl-2-methylhexane-1-thiol

Naming of the thiol of b

b. The given compound contains the –SH group. It is composed of eight carbon atoms in a chain in which the thiol group and two methyl groups are attached to C-2, C-4, and C-6 atoms, respectively.

The name of the thiol is 4,6-dimethyloctane-2-thiol, as shown below.

4,6-dimethyloctane-2-thiol