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CAIE A-Level Chemistry 29.1.4 Systematic Names of Aromatic Compounds

Practise naming and drawing single-ring aromatic compounds with correct substituent identities and locants.

Syllabus
2028–2030
Course
Chemistry 9701
Level
A2

Exam points

  • number the benzene ring to give the lowest valid set of locants while respecting the principal group
  • translate 1,2-, 1,3- and 1,4-substitution into distinct structures without moving either substituent
  • combine locants, multiplicative prefixes and substituent names in an unambiguous systematic name

29.1.4—Systematic nomenclature of simple aromatic question 1

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Compound T,C5H9O2Cl\mathbf{T}, \mathrm{C}_{5} \mathrm{H}_{9} \mathrm{O}_{2} \mathrm{Cl}, is a useful synthetic intermediate.

Fig. 8.1 shows some reactions of T.

Fig. 8.1

Fig. 8.1

Give the systematic name for T.

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