Explain Nomenclature of alkyl halides ?

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Chapter21: Hydrocarbons
Section21.3: Alkenes And Alkynes
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Explain Nomenclature of alkyl halides ?

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Nomenclature of alkyl halides:

In the IUPAC naming system, the alkyl halide compound is named as halo alkane.

The halogen atom has identified and in the name of halogen atom last three letters -ine is removed and for that -o is added to the suffix. For example, chlorine is changed as chloro. Next, find the longest carbon chain, which is bonded with the halogen group.

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