
- A-bromo - -chlorocyclohexene
- B-bromo - -chlorocyclohexene
- C-bromo - -chlorocyclohex - -ene
- D-bromo - - chlorocyclohexene
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Correct answer: A
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Parent ring identification
The structure is a substituted cyclohexene ring, so the parent hydrocarbon is cyclohexene.
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Rule for numbering in cycloalkenes
In a cycloalkene, the double bond must get locants 1 and 2.
So we begin numbering from one carbon of the double bond and proceed through the ring in the direction that gives the substituents the lowest set of locants.
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Assign substituent positions
From the given structure, the substituents are:
- one chloro group on a double-bond carbon,
- one bromo group elsewhere on the ring.
Numbering the double bond as and choosing the correct direction gives:
- chloro at C-1
- bromo at C-3
Hence the locants are 1-chloro and 3-bromo.
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Write substituents in alphabetical order
In IUPAC naming, substituents are written alphabetically:
- bromo before chloro
Therefore the name becomes:
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Check options
- A: -bromo--chlorocyclohexene ✅
- B: -bromo--chlorocyclohexene ❌ substituent positions interchanged
- C: -bromo--chlorocyclohex--ene ❌ numbering does not give lowest locants correctly
- D: -bromo--chlorocyclohexene ❌ incorrect numbering
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Derived answer
The correct IUPAC name is:
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