Question

The IUPAC name of acrylonitrile is

• A. vinyl cyanide
• B. ethenylnitrile
• C. prop-2-enenitrile
• D. cyanoethene

Answer 1

Answer: (C)

$H_2\stackrel{3}{C}=\stackrel{2}{C}H—\stackrel{1}{C}\equiv N$
Prop-$2$ -en nitrile