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Write the structural formula for chloroethane.


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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: CH3CH2Cl.

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