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Mobile App Chapter 15: Q 15-15-18 E-b (page 477)
Give IUPAC names for the following compounds
b)
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b)
3-bromobenzoic acid
Step by step solution
01
What is IUPAC?
IUPAC (the international union of pure and applied chemistry) sets the rules for naming organic compounds in chemistry.
02
IUPAC name of compound
In the provided compound, the name of the parent hydrocarbon is benzene. Numbering the ring in such a way that the functional group and substituent get the lowest possible number.
03
Position of functional group in compound
The carboxylic group is at first carbon and the bromine group is at the third carbon atom. Thus, the IUPAC name of compound b is 3-bromobenzoic acid which is represented as follows:
3-bromobenzoic acid
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