What is the IUPAC name of the compound? Please help?

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Al E.
Apr 20, 2018

Consider the ether,

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We take the parent chain to be the carbon chain that is the longest, and with the most substituents, where the ether is called an oxy group.

Hence, I would name this,

3-methyl-4-neopentoxybutane, or

3-methyl-4-(2-methylbutoxy)butane

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