My question in quite simple why a compound such as chloro-ethane is called as such why is if not chloro-ethyl??
Since it is a hydrogen short.
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$\begingroup$ Holoalkanes...? $\endgroup$ – Buraian Jan 10 at 8:25
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Chloroethane is ethane with 1 hydrogen replaced by chlorine. So it is substituted ethane.
$$\ce{CH3-CH2Cl}$$
1-Chloroethyl or 2-Chloroethyl is ethyl with 1 hydrogen replaced by chlorine. So it is substituted ethyl radical, standalone or bound to a larger molecular structure.
$$\ce{CH3-CHCl.}$$
or
$$\ce{CH2Cl-CH2.}$$
