Question
Question: The formula of tetrachloromethane is: A) \(\text{CCl}{{\text{H}}_{\text{3}}}\) B) \[\text{CC}{...
The formula of tetrachloromethane is:
A) CClH3
B) CCl2
C) CHCl3
D) CCl4
Solution
Tetrachloride methane is an organic compound. As the name suggests it must be methane like structure and tetra suggests there are four chlorine atoms on the carbon. Thus the only possibility remaining is where each of the hydrogens of methane is replaced by the chlorine.
Complete answer:
Here we use the IUPAC rules of nomenclature to get the structure of tetrachloromethane.-
Since here we know the name of the structure and we have to determine the molecular formula.
The IUPAC name of the organic compound is represented as:
Prefix+Word root + Primary suffix + Secondary suffix
In tetrachloromethane
No of prefix =4 (tetra)Prefix = ChloroWord root = MethPrimary suffix =aneSecondary suffix = -
Thus from the above data, we know that it is methaneCH4,