Question

The IUPAC name of the following compound is benzyl chloride.

(A) True
(B) False

Answer 1

Hint: In organic chemistry, the naming of the compounds is done according to the standards that are laid by the IUPAC which is the acronym for the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry. The compounds are so named as to help the deduction of the structure by just the name of the compound.

Complete step by step answer:
The IUPAC has led certain rules for the naming of the organic compounds which describe the structure of the compound

The naming according to the standards of the IUPAC is the standard manner of naming a compound but the trivial or the common names are usually preferred as they are much shorter and easy to remember.

The IUPAC name of the compounds has certain rules which include the naming of the functional group at the last and the substituent groups at the start with the position at which they are attached. All this is provided to get the structure of the compound.

In the above question, all these features are missing and thus can be inferred as a trivial name.

Additionally, we can see the $( = O)$ group which is not named in the name given hence we can infer that the name of the compound given is wrong.

The actual structure of benzyl chloride is

And its IUPAC name is chloromethyl benzene.The name of the above compound is benzoyl chloride.

So, the answer is false .

Note: The above compound is a benzene derivative hence has the name benzene at the end specifying the source compound. Many compounds are formed by adding the groups to the benzene structure. Benzene is a nonpolar compound consisting of 6 carbon atoms and having a cyclic structure and showing the property of aromaticity.