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Question
The IUPAC name for
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1-Chloro-2-nitro-4-methylbenzene
1-Chloro-4-methyl-2-nitrobenzene
2-Chloro-1-nitro-5-methylbenzene
m-Nitro-p-chlorotoluene
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Solution
1-Chloro-4-methyl-2-nitrobenzene
Explanation:
Substitutent of the base compound is assigned number 1 and then the direction of numbering is chosen such that the next substituent gets the lowest number. The substituents appear in the name in alphabetical order. As for example.
1-Chloro-2,4-dinitrobenzene
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Nomenclature of Organic Compounds - IUPAC Nomenclature of Alkanes
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