BITSAT 2024Paper 1
- Exam
- BITSAT
- Year
- 2024
- Paper
- Paper 1
- Subject
- Chemistry
- Chapter
- General Organic Chemistry
BITSAT 2024 · Paper 1 · Chemistry · General Organic Chemistry
The IUPAC name of the following molecule is
The IUPAC name of the following molecule is


Options
- A2-Methyl-5 nitro-1-chlorobenzene
- B3-Chloro-4 methyl-1-nitrobenzene
- C2-Chloro-1 methyl-4-nitorbenzene
- D2-Chloro-4 nitro-1-methylbenzene
Correct answer
C. 2-Chloro-1 methyl-4-nitorbenzene
Step-by-step solution
and -Cl are written as prefixes with being given the highest preference for numbering .
Thus, the name of the compound will be chloro-1-methyl-4-nitrobenzene.