Question

CH3CH2CH2CONH2 What is the name of this hydrocarbon?

Answer 1

Answer:

The IUPAC name of  is Butanamide

Explanation:

The given compound contains 4 carbon atoms. Thus the root word is '-But'.

As all the carbon atoms are attached by a single bond, the nature of bonding is denoted by '-ane'.

The functional group present in the structure is '', which is called a amide group. Thus the name of the compound must be suffixed with "amide".

Thus the IUPAC name of  is Butanamide.