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Carboxylic Acids
Naming Carboxylic Acids with IUPAC Rules
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Carboxylic acids are named by IUPAC rules that focus on the carboxyl group, –COOH. For acyclic saturated monocarboxylic acids, the longest hydrocarbon chain that includes the –COOH carbon is chosen as the parent chain. The final -e in the parent hydrocarbon name is replaced with -oic acid, and numbering starts at the –COOH c...
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Carboxylic acids are compounds with a –COOH functional group.
For the IUPAC nomenclature of monocarboxylic acids, identify the parent chain containing the –COOH carbon and replace the terminal -e of the corresponding alkane with the suffix -oic acid.
Number the chain from the –COOH end and identify the su...
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