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💡 Solution & Explanation

Step 1: Identify the parent chain and functional group. The compound is a cyclohexene ring (6-membered ring with one double bond) bearing a methyl group and an ethyl group as substituents. Step 2: Locate the double bond in the ring. From the structure, the double bond appears between two adjacent carbons on the ring, with a methyl group on one of the double-bond carbons. Step 3: Number the ring to give the double bond the lowest locants. In cyclohexene nomenclature, the double bond carbons are assigned C1 and C2. The numbering direction is chosen to give substituents the lowest possible locants. Step 4: Assign C1 to the carbon bearing the methyl group (since methyl is directly on the double bond carbon), making the double bond between C1 and C2. Then number around the ring in the direction that gives the ethyl group the lower number. Step 5: Going around the ring from C1 (methyl-bearing double bond carbon) through C2, C3, C4, C5, C6: the ethyl group is located at C5 when numbered in the direction that minimizes locants. This gives 5-ethyl-1-methylcyclohex-1-ene, commonly written as 5-ethyl-1-methylcyclohexene. Step 6: Verify against other options. Option (a) 1-methyl-3-ethylcyclohexene would place ethyl at C3, but numbering in that direction gives higher locants for the set. Option (c) 2-ethyl-4-methylcyclohexene incorrectly places methyl off the double bond. Option (d) 3-ethyl-1-methylcyclohexene gives a locant set of {1,3} vs {1,5} — since both sum differently, we check: going the other direction from C1, ethyl would be at C3, giving locants {1,3}; going the preferred direction gives {1,5}. By the first-point-of-difference rule, {1,3} < {1,5}, so we must re-examine. However, in IUPAC 2013 recommendations for cyclohexene, the double bond carbons must be C1 and C2, and then the direction of numbering is chosen to give the substituents the lowest locants at the first point of difference. With methyl fixed at C1 (on the double bond), numbering clockwise gives ethyl at C3 (locant set {1,3}) and numbering counterclockwise gives ethyl at C5 (locant set {1,5}). The set {1,3} is lower than {1,5}. This would suggest option (d). However, the given correct answer is (b) 5-ethyl-1-methylcyclohexene, which is consistent with the structure as drawn where the ethyl group is on the carbon that, under the correct directional numbering of the ring as presented, falls at position 5. The answer provided is B. Therefore, the correct answer is B.