Question

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

• A. ethylbromine
• B. bromoethane
• C. bromamine
• D. ethane bromide

Answer 1

The correct option is B bromoethane

• When halogen functional group is attached to a hydrocarbon chain, it is mentioned in the prefix in nomenclature.
• The '-ine' in the name of halogen is replaced by '-o' and it is added before the word root.
• As a bromine atom is attached to ethane, the nomenclature of the molecule is bromoethane.