Consider the following two formulas, written in what is often called a condensed formula: One of them

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Consider the following two formulas, written in what is often called a condensed formula:

(a) (CH3)3CCHCH(CH3)CHCH3 (b) CH3CHCHCHCHCH3

One of them is branched and one of them is not. Turn them into line drawings; indicate which one is branched and which is linear, and then say how you can tell from just looking at a condensed formula if a hydrocarbon is linear or branched.

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Introductory Chemistry Atoms First

ISBN: 9780321927118

5th Edition

Authors: Steve Russo And Michael Silver

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