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AP EAMCET · Chemistry · General Organic Chemistry

The IUPAC name of the following molecule is

  1. A 2-Methyl-5 nitro-1-chlorobenzene
  2. B 3-Chloro-4 methyl-1-nitrobenzene
  3. C 2-Chloro-1 methyl-4-nitorbenzene
  4. D 2-Chloro-4 nitro-1-methylbenzene
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(C) 2-Chloro-1 methyl-4-nitorbenzene

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\(-\mathrm{NO}_2\) and \(-\mathrm{Cl}\) are written as prefixes with \(-\mathrm{CH}_3\) being given the highest preference for numbering (C-1). Thus, the name of the compound will be 2-chloro-1methyl-4-nitrobenzene.
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