Common name of chloroethene is:

Benzyl chloride

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Vinyl chloride

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Allyl bromide

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none of these

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Solution

The correct option is B Vinyl chloride
$C H_{2} = C H - C l$
The common name of given structure (chloroethene) is Vinyl chloride. (It substituent attaches to double bonded or $s p^{2}$ hybridized carbon. Then it is called Vinyl group)

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