In: Chemistry
Which of the following is a/are correct name(s) for the molecule below?
*choose all correct answers, this question is graded as: # of correct answers - # incorrect selections
m-nitrotoluene
1-methyl-3-nitrotoluene
3-nitrotoluene
3-nitro-1-methylbenzene
The Correct Name(s) for the molecule are: m-Nitrotoluene, 3-Nitrotoluene, and 1-Methyl-3-nitro-benzene.
meta position and 3rd position in bi-substituted benzene are the same position.
And 1-Methyl-3-nitrotoluene is incorrect option.
Why wrong ? because toluene is methylbenzene, and according to IUPAC nomenclature system, we can't write it as 1-Methyl toluene .
1-Methyl-3-nitro benzene