Question

Write the structure of neo-hexyl chloride.

Answer 1

Neo-hexyl chloride:

• The neo-hexyl chloride is a halogenated compound.
• It is an open-chain compound.

Structure of neo-hexyl chloride:

Step 1: Identifying the number of carbon atoms and parent chan:

• The hexyl name suggests that there is eight carbon.
• The neo represents all the carbons are attached to the same carbon which means four carbon are attached to a single carbon atom. So, it will look like.
• The parent chan is the straight chan, as it contains a large number of carbon atoms.

$$\begin{gathered} \stackrel{}{\mathrm{C}} \\ \mathrm{C}-\stackrel{|}{\underset{|}{\mathrm{C}}}-\mathrm{C}-\mathrm{C} \\ {\mathrm{C}}^{} \end{gathered}$$

Step 2: Identifying the substituents present and positioning:

• There are two same substituents present that we can understand from the carbon skeleton and a chloride substituent is present there.

$$\begin{gathered} {\mathrm{CH}}_3 \\ \mathrm{C}-\stackrel{|}{\underset{|}{\mathrm{C}}}-\mathrm{C}-\mathrm{C}-\mathrm{Cl} \\ {\mathrm{CH}}_3 \end{gathered}$$

Step 3: Satisfying the valency:

• On satisfying the carbon valency, the structure of neo-hexyl chloride will be: