Question

Identify the α-carbons in the following species and give the total number of α-hydrogen.

`"CH"_3 - "CH"_2 - overset(+)("CH")-"CH"_2 - "CH"_3`

Answer 1

In structure, C-2 and C-4 are α-carbon atoms.
Hydrogen atoms(s) attached to α-C atoms is an α-H atom. Thus, the structure contains 4 α-H atoms.