Question:

Write IUPAC names of the following compounds:

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(a) \( \mathrm{CH_2=CH-CH_2Cl} \)

Answer: 3-chloroprop-1-ene

Lowest locant is given to the double bond (ene). Numbering from the alkene end makes the double bond at C-1 and places chloro at C-3.

(b) \( \mathrm{CH_3-CH(OH)-COOH} \)

Answer: 2-hydroxypropanoic acid

Parent acid: propanoic acid (\(\mathrm{COOH}\) has highest priority). The hydroxyl substituent is at C-2. (Common name: lactic acid.)

(c) A three-carbon chain \( \mathrm{CH_2-CH-CH_2} \) with an ethyl group on each carbon.

Answer: 4-ethylheptane

Choose the longest chain passing from left ethyl → \( \mathrm{CH_2-CH-CH_2} \) → right ethyl: this gives a 7-carbon parent (heptane). The remaining ethyl becomes a substituent at the central carbon (C-4) → 4-ethylheptane.

(d) .

Answer: bromochloroiodomethane

Single-carbon parent: methane. Three halo substituents are listed in alphabetical order: bromo, chloro, iodo. (Locants are all 1; writing 1-bromo-1-chloro-1-iodomethane is acceptable.)

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