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…

b. A common name that you should know is...
acetyl chloride…What is the proper name for this compound? J
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