Question

What is the IUPAC name of this compound

Answer 1

N,N-diethyl-2-methylpropan-2-amine

Answer 2

The question asks for the IUPAC name of the compound represented by the word "NEET". This is a chemistry riddle where the letters N, E, E, T are interpreted as chemical entities.

N represents Nitrogen (atom).

E represents Ethyl group (-CH2CH3). There are two E's.

T represents Tertiary butyl group (-C(CH3)3).

Combining these, we get a tertiary amine where a nitrogen atom is bonded to two ethyl groups and one tertiary butyl group. The structure is N(C2H5)2(C(CH3)3).

To find the IUPAC name of N,N-diethyl-tert-butylamine, we follow the IUPAC nomenclature rules for amines. For tertiary amines with different alkyl groups, the compound is named as an N,N-disubstituted alkanamine, where the largest alkyl group attached to nitrogen is considered part of the parent alkanamine. The alkyl groups attached to nitrogen are ethyl (2 carbons) and tertiary butyl (4 carbons). The largest alkyl group is tertiary butyl. The corresponding alkanamine is derived from the alkane with the longest chain containing the carbon attached to the nitrogen, and the nitrogen is considered a substituent on this chain. However, a simpler approach for naming tertiary amines with different alkyl groups is to name the compound as an N,N-disubstituted alkanamine, where the parent alkanamine is derived from the largest alkyl group. The tertiary butyl group is derived from isobutane (2-methylpropane). The corresponding amine, where the nitrogen is attached to the tertiary carbon, is 2-methylpropan-2-amine, which is also known as tert-butylamine. So, the parent amine is 2-methylpropan-2-amine. The two ethyl groups are substituents on the nitrogen atom.

Therefore, the IUPAC name is N,N-diethyl-2-methylpropan-2-amine.