What is the IUPAC name of CH3-CH2-CHCl-CH3?

What is the IUPAC name of CH3-CH2-CHCl-CH3?

Let's see some of the rules required for naming of this given compound

Usually IUPAC ( International Union For Pure and Applied Chemistry ) set rules for naming a compound

Select the maximum carbon contained chain … here there is one chain which contains 4-carbons known with -but

Indentify the substitute in the compound ….here chlorine - Cl is the substitute can be say as - Chloro

Assign number for each carbon in the main chain inorder to get lowest value for substitute containing carbon ……..

here carbon with Cl gets 2 when we assign from right to left

As there is no double or triple bonds in the given compounds we can note whole compund as -ane ( alkane )

Combinely the total name of given organic compound can be written as

2-Chloro butane

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