You organic halides are compounds which have at least one halogen atom attached to a hydrocarbon-derived radical.
Like virtually all organic functional groups, halides also have usual naming rules. However, these rules only apply to monohalides, that is, to those halides that have only one halogen attached to the carbon in the molecule.
As seen in the text "Organic Halides Nomenclature”, in the official nomenclature designated by the IUPAC (International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry), halogens are considered as radicals. In the usual nomenclature, however, the opposite occurs: everything that is attached to halogen is considered a substituent.
Therefore, the usual naming scheme for organic halides becomes the following:
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Rrules of the usual nomenclature of organic halides.
Examples:
Examples of common names for some organic monohalides.
By Jennifer Fogaça
Graduated in Chemistry
Would you like to reference this text in a school or academic work? Look:
FOGAÇA, Jennifer Rocha Vargas. "Usual nomenclature of organic halides"; Brazil School. Available in: https://brasilescola.uol.com.br/quimica/nomenclatura-usual-dos-haletos-organicos.htm. Accessed on July 27, 2021.
