Question

Write the structural formula for chloroethane.

Answer 1

Chloroethane:

• It is a colorless flammable gas and has a faintly sweet odor.
• It is used in producing tetraethyl lead, as a solvent, as a refrigerant, and as an additive.

The structural formula of Chloroethane:

• The structural formula is a graphical representation of a molecule that shows the position of atoms in a real three-dimensional space.
• Chloroethane is derived from ethane by replacing one hydrogen with the chlorine atom.
• The name chloroethane suggests that the compound having two carbon as the root word is eth- and it is an alkane as it is having a suffix of -ane.
• The chloro word in the name suggests that it is having chlorine as a substituent.
• The structural formula can be written as below: ${\mathrm{CH}}_3{\mathrm{CH}}_2\mathrm{Cl}$.