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A bromine atom attached to the Ethane molecule can be named as ___

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Etho-Bromine
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Bromo-ethane
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Ethane-Brom
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Ethan-omine
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Solution

The correct option is B Bromo-ethane
When halogen functional group is attached to a hydrocarbon chain, during the naming of the hydrocarbons the name of the halogen group will be directly a prefix to the chemical name of the compound. Hence the name of the above molecule is Bromo-ethane.

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