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How would you name the following compounds?

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i. CH3 -CH2 -Br
The number of carbon atoms in the chain is 2. So, the name of the carbon chain is ‘ethane’.
Bromine (Br) atom is the functional group present. So, the prefix used is ‘bromo
’. Thus, the name of the given compound is Bromoethane.

functional group present. So, the suffix used is ‘al’. The name of the carbon chain is modified by replacing the final ‘e’ with ‘al’.Thus, the name of the given compound is Methanal.

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