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Question
What should be the correct IUPAC name for diethylbromomethane?
Options
1-Bromo-1,1-diethylmethane
3-Bromopentane
1-Bromo-1-ethylpropane
1-Bromopentane
Solution
3-Bromopentane
Explanation:
Diethylbromomethane is
\[\begin{array}{cc}
\phantom{}\ce{Br}\phantom{..}\\
\phantom{}|\phantom{...}\\
\phantom{}\ce{H3\overset{5}{C}- H2\overset{4}{C} - \overset{3}{C}H - \overset{2}{C}H2 - \overset{1}{C}H3}
\end{array}\]
Its IUPAC name is 3-bromopentane.
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