JEE Main · 2026 · 22 Jan 2026 · Shift 2 · General Organic Chemistry

The IUPAC name of the following comopound is :

(A)n-propyl-2-bromo-5-methylheptanoate✓ Correct
(B)2-bromo-5-methylhexylpropanoate
(C)2-bromo-5-methylpropanoate
(D)n-propyl-1-bromo-4-methylhexanoate

Answer: (A)

Solution

The carbonyl carbon of the acid part is C-1, and the longest chain through it runs for seven carbons, making the acid a heptanoate, with a bromine on C-2 adjacent to the carbonyl and a methyl branch on C-5. The group attached to the ester oxygen is an unbranched three-carbon chain, that is

n

-propyl. The ester is therefore

n

-propyl 2-bromo-5-methylheptanoate.

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