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Question

A hydrocarbon in which a bromine atom is attached to an ethyl group can be named as ____.

A

Ethylbromine

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B

Bromoethane

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C

Bromamine

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D

Ethane bromide

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Solution

The correct option is B
Bromoethane

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 Bromoethane.

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