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IUPAC name of the following compound is:

General Organic Chemistry (GOC) · Class 11 · JEE Main Previous Year Question

Question

IUPAC name of the following compound is: image

Options
  1. a

    2-Aminopentanenitrile

  2. b

    2-Aminobutanenitrile

  3. c

    3-Aminobutanenitrile

  4. d

    3-Aminopropanenitrile

Correct Answerc

3-Aminobutanenitrile

Detailed Solution

IUPAC Nomenclature for Nitriles:

Rules:

  1. The cyano group (-C≡N) is the principal functional group
  2. Numbering starts from the carbon of the cyano group (C1)
  3. The suffix is -nitrile
  4. Other groups are named as prefixes

image IUPAC Name: 3-Aminobutanenitrile

Answer: (c) 3-Aminobutanenitrile\boxed{\text{Answer: (c) 3-Aminobutanenitrile}}

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