Doubt by Muskan Ansari

sir,

in video no. 10 at 21:39 why have you given dimethyl preference over ethyl? in an earlier problem you had said that we dont have to consider prefixes 'di,tri,etc'

(name of compound in this video is --> 2,3Dimethyl-3-ethyl hex-4-en oic acid)

(name of compound in earlier problem was --> 3-Chloro-4,4dimethyl hex-2-en al)

Answers

Answer by Jay Prakash

Yes, you are right. For simple substituents, multiplier prefixes (di-, tri- tetra- etc.) are ignored as told by Shashi sir earlier. Therefore, the right name for the compound is: 

3-ethyl-2,3-dimethyl hex-4-en oic acid