Name the following compound. H₂C. OCH3 NO₂

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What would the name of this compound be?
Name the following compound.
H₂C.
OCH3
NO₂
3-methyl-5-nitroanisole
O 1-nitro-3-methyl-5-methoxybenzene
3-nitro-5-methoxytoluene
1-methoxy-3-nitro-5-methylbenzene
Transcribed Image Text:Name the following compound. H₂C. OCH3 NO₂ 3-methyl-5-nitroanisole O 1-nitro-3-methyl-5-methoxybenzene 3-nitro-5-methoxytoluene 1-methoxy-3-nitro-5-methylbenzene
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According to IUPAC nomenclature :

  1. substituted aromatic compounds, the name of the substituent is placed as a prefix to the name of aromatic compounds.
  2. When different substituted groups are attached to the aromatic compounds, the substituent of the base compound is assigned number one and the next substituent gets the lowest number.
  3. Substituents are named in alphabetical order.
  4. When an organic compound contains two or more different functional groups, one of the functional groups is selected as the principal functional group while all other groups (also called the secondary functional groups) are treated as substituents. The choice of the principal functional is made on the basis of the following order of preference : 

    Amine salts > Carboxylic acids > sulphonic acids > anhydrides > esters > acid chlorides > acid amides > nitriles> isocyanides> aldehydes > ketones > alcohols > phenols > thiols > amines.

  5. When a substituent is such which when taken together with the benzene ring gives a special name to the molecule, then it is named as a derivative of that molecule with the substituent at position 1.
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