Nomenclature of Acid Halides

a. Carboxylic acid halides are named by dropping the -e ending of the parent name and adding -oyl halide.

The substituent name for a -COX group is haloformyl.

 

butanoyl chloride

1-chloroformylpropane

· Try to draw a structure for the following compound…

2-chloropropanoyl bromide J

· Try to name the following compound…

 J

b. A common name that you should know is...

  acetyl chloride…What is the proper name for this compound? J

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