Question

Draw the structural formula for the 2, 2-dibromobutane compound. What compound is used to describe this compound taken together?

Answer 1

\[\begin{array}{ccccccccccc} & & \mathrm{H} & & \mathrm{Br} & & \mathrm{H} & & \mathrm{H} & & \\[-2pt] & & \big| & & \big| & & \big| & & \big| & & \\[-2pt] \mathrm{H} & \!-\! & \mathrm{C} & \!-\! & \mathrm{C} & \!-\! & \mathrm{C} & \!-\! & \mathrm{C} & \!-\! & \mathrm{H} \\[-2pt] & & \big| & & \big| & & \big| & & \big| & & \\[-2pt] & & \mathrm{H} & & \mathrm{Br} & & \mathrm{H} & & \mathrm{H} & & \end{array}\]

This compound belongs to the haloalkane (alkyl halide) homologous series.