The IUPAC name of the compound $CH3-CH(CH3)-CH2-CH3$ is:

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The longest carbon chain contains 4 carbon atoms (butane). Numbering starts from the end nearer to the substituent (methyl group at carbon-2). Therefore, the IUPAC name is 2-methylbutane.

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