Learning organic chemistry is very much (in part, at least) like learning a language and being able to interpret the words (the names of compounds) that you encounter.

(a) Name the alkene CH₃CH₂CH=CH₂ and

(b) Write the condensed structural formula for 5-methyl-1,3-hexadiene.

PLAN (a) Use the procedure in Toolbox 11A.1. (b) Interpret the name by identifying the backbone and the locations of the double bonds and substituents.