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what is the IUPAC name of CH3 CH2 CH2 Br

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Answered by Mihir3125
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First, you have to identify the parent chain, which is the longest linear linkage of carbin atoms. In this case, you have a chain of 3 carbon atoms thus the parent chain is propane (prop- is the rpefix to denote 3 C atoms, -aneEis the suffix because it is an alkane). Now, for the substituent, you have bromine atom. As a substituent, we use the term “bromo”. For this molecule, it is important to denote the locant (the position) of the substituent because there are 2 possible sites where Br could have been affixed - the one you have shown while the other is where the Br is attached at the middle C atom. In the structure you have given, the Br is at the 1st C (take note that it might confuse you to thinking that it is at position 3. Just remember that we can assign numbers to substituent by assigning nunbers to our C atoms from left to right or the reverse, but we opt to use the name where the locant used is of lower number). Therefore, the name of the compound is 1-bromopropane.

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