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Hello, young, beautiful people of /sci/!
Quick question: is 3-propyl-1-hexene a correct IUPAC name, and is this its structure?

>> No.6063671
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>>6063663

>3-propyl-1-hexene

>> No.6063688

3-propylhex-1-ene

>> No.6063768

>>6063688
You sure br? As I've understood it, both are correct. Is this not true?

>> No.6063783

>>6063663
Nope, you need to number the first carbon the double bond starts at after you indicate the number of carbons in the chain, otherwise you're kind of describing it as hexene, and the double bond could be anywhere within that six-carbon chain