Wednesday, September 26, 2018

organic chemistry - What is the priority of a phenyl group in a compound such as this?


I assumed this: http://www.chemspider.com/Chemical-Structure.12491.html?rid=222625d4-811c-4b07-b263-8930fafa831a


to be 1-phenylbut-4-ene Where is the priority here? No source I know of tells me of where the priority of the phenyl group lies.


It is wrong. The book states it is 4-PhenylBut-1ene.


What is the priority of the phenyl group?




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