Question:
RESPECTED SIR , IN YOUR VIDEO Carbon and Compounds Part 19 (Functional group-1) AT 5:06 YOU NAMED CH3Cl AS CHLOROMETHANE BUT CH3 IS A METHYL GROUP THEN HOW YOU NAMED CH3Cl AS CHLOROMETHANE..FROM MY POINTERVIEW IT SHOULD BE CHLOROMETHYL..PLS HELP ME SIR..
Answer:
It is called as chloromethane only. The reason is that here chlorine group is attached to the chain of methane. The term methyl is used when the CH3 group attaches to some other main hydrocarbon chain.
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