Write the IUPAC name of the compound given below.
After following the laws of nomenclature designed by IUPAC, the compound's name is 3-Methylpent-2-ene-1,2-diol.
We are given an IUPAC name of the compound i.e. 3-methylpent-2-ene.
pent- means that the parent alkane is pentane. Pentane means there are five carbon atoms present.
3-methyl means a methyl (−CH3) group is attached to the parent alkane's third carbon. pent-2-ene means there is a double bond to the second carbon.