Why is benzal chloride not written as benzal dichloride...? while we write benzotrichloride?
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1 Answer
Jan 9, 2018
Here is my guess for the reason.
Explanation:
These are both names that were used before systematic names were assigned.
Benzal chloride is prepared from benzaldehyde according to the reaction
I would guess that, since the
Benzotrichloride is made by chlorination of toluene.
Presumably, the common group
The early names weren't very systematic and often the first person to discover a compound got to name it.