Question

Please Help! What is the best name for the following compound?

CCl4

-carbon chloride
-carbon tetrachloride
-monocarbon tetrachloride
-calcium chloride

Answer 1

carbon tetrachloride that is the answer 

Answer 2

Answer: Option (b) is the correct answer.

Explanation:

The given compound $CCl_{4}$ contains one carbon atom and there are four chlorine atoms.

According to IUPAC, name of cation will be written first and the name of anion will be written.

And due to the presence of four chlorine atoms a prefix "tetra" will be added before the name of anion.

Therefore, name of $CCl_{4}$ is carbon tetrachloride.