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Ethanoyl chloride is the IUPAC name of

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a

Cl3CCHO

b

 CH3CH2Cl 

c

 CH3COCl 

d

CH2(Cl)COOH   

answer is B.

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Ethanoyl chloride is the IUPAC name for acid chloride  CH3COCl . Although acetyl chloride is a more commonly recognised name, it goes by the official IUPAC designation Ethanoyl chloride.

Acetic acid is the source of the acyl chloride known as acetyl chloride ( CH3COCl ). 

Hence, the correct answer is option (B)  CH3COCl 

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