Acid chlorides

Acid chlorides

  Fun. group formula :

 


 


Name of Fun. group : acid chloride


Defi : 

    The derivatives of mono carboxylic acid obtained by replacing -OH of -COOH group with -Cl having genetal formula R-CO-Cl called Acid chlorides.


Nomenclature : 

1) Common name system : 

I) Find the common name of acid based on number of carbon atoms.

II) Replace 'ic acid' term with 'yl chloride' term.


2) IUPAC name system :

I) Find the IUPAC name of acid [ alkanoic acid ]

II) Replace 'ic acid' term with 'yl acid' term, hence it becomes alkanoyl chloride.


 Sr. No 

 Formulae 

 Common names

 IUPAC names

 1

 


 Formyl chloride

 methanayl chloride

 2

 


 Acetyl chloride           

 ethanoyl chloride

 3

 


 Propionyl chloride

 propanoyl chloride

 4

 


 n-Butyryl chloride

 butanoyl chloride

 5

 


 Benzoyl chloride

 benzoyl chloride


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