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naming anthracenes

Lanai Elbourne
in Organic Chemistry

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I have a anthracene with a Br on the 3 and OMe on 10. I know me stands for methyl. What do you call it with an Oxygen attached.

 

Am I on the right path in naming this

 

3-bromo-10methlyoxianthracene

The word you're looking for is methoxy.

 

However, you're going to want to look at your numbering again, unless there are other substituents you didn't mention. There's a way to name that with lower numbers, which is always preferable.

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