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 Primary, Secondary, Tertiary & Quaternary Carbon atoms –

Primary Carbon atom-
A carbon atom attached to another C-atom or no other Carbon atom is
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called primary carbon or 1 carbon.

Secondary Carbon atom-
A carbon atom attached to two other carbon atoms is called secondary
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carbon atom or 2 Carbon.

Tertiary Carbon atom –
A carbon atom attached to three other carbon atoms is termed as tertiary
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carbon or 3 Carbon.

Quaternary Carbon atom-
A carbon atom attached to four other carbon atoms is termed as quaternary
0
carbon atom or 4 Carbon.

(The Hydrogen atoms attached to Primary , secondary & tertiary Carbon
atom are correspondingly termed as primary, secondary & tertiary hydrogen
atoms respectively)

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• Nomenclature (Naming of organic compounds)–

 Organic compounds are found in nature in very large numbers. So its indeed
difficult to name them & remember their names.

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