Question

What is the name of this haloalkane? Thank you!

Answer 1

The correct name is 1-chloro-4-Iodobenzene.

Explanation:

The general name for this compound is haloarene* because it is a derivative of benzene, the simplest arene.

In naming cyclic compounds, one of the substituents is automatically on `"C1"`.

Thus, the name is either 1-chloro-4-Iodobenzene or 1-iodo-4-chlorobenzene.

Neither of the halogens takes priority, so we list them in alphabetical order.

"`color(blue)("C")`hloro" comes before "`color(blue)("i")"`odo" in the alphabet, so the name is **1-chloro-4-iodobenzene."