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What is the iupac name of CH3COCH2CH2CH2COOH?please give the explanation of why we use the prefix oxo.
Asked by shaikh.farid25 | 13 Jun, 2018, 06:22: AM
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An oxoacid is a compound whose molecule contains at least one hydroxy group bonded to an atom

that in turn is doubly bonded to at least one oxygen atom.

An oxyacid dissociates in water to form the H+ cation and the anion of the acid.

An oxyacid has the general structure X-O-H.

IUPAC name of  CH3COCH2CH2CH2COOH is 5-oxohexanoic acid.

 

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