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Q. The IUPAC name of Weston is

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When acetylene reacts with chlorine, tetra chloro acetylene is formed, which is also known as westron.
$ \underset{\begin{smallmatrix} \,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,westron \\ 1,1,\text{ }2,\text{ }2-tetrachloroethane \end{smallmatrix}}{\mathop{H{{-}^{2}}\underset{\begin{smallmatrix} | \\ Cl \end{smallmatrix}}{\overset{\begin{smallmatrix} Cl \\ | \end{smallmatrix}}{\mathop{C}}}\,-\underset{\begin{smallmatrix} | \\ Cl \end{smallmatrix}}{\overset{\begin{smallmatrix} Cl \\ | \end{smallmatrix}}{\mathop{^{1}C}}}\,-H}}\, $