On an exam, students were shown the structure of an alkane and asked to give the IUPAC name of the compound. Of the following answers which were given, which corresponds to the correct IUPAC name of a real compound?

A) 2-ethyl-2-methylbutane
B) 2,2-dimethylbutane
C) 2,2-diethylbutane
D) none of them


B

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