What is the name of this haloalkane? Thank you!

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Ernest Z.
Mar 11, 2018

The correct name is 1-chloro-4-Iodobenzene.

Explanation:

The general name for this compound is haloarene* because it is a derivative of benzene, the simplest arene.

In naming cyclic compounds, one of the substituents is automatically on "C1".

Thus, the name is either 1-chloro-4-Iodobenzene or 1-iodo-4-chlorobenzene.

Neither of the halogens takes priority, so we list them in alphabetical order.

"color(blue)("C")hloro" comes before "color(blue)("i")"odo" in the alphabet, so the name is **1-chloro-4-iodobenzene."

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