IUPAC name of CH_3 - O - CH(CH_3)_2 (oxygen joined to a methyl group and to the central carbon of isopropyl) is _____

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IUPAC name of (oxygen joined to a methyl group and to the central carbon of isopropyl) is

Answer: (B)

The longer alkyl group (propane, attached at C-2 to oxygen) is the parent and the smaller group is the alkoxy substituent, giving 2-methoxypropane;

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