Chemistry · Carboxylic Acids and its Derivatives
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Acetic acid is also named as _____.
- A
Propanoic acid
- B
Butanoic acid
- C
Ethanoic acid
- D
Methanoic acid
IUPAC name of acetic acid is ETHANOIC ACID(CH3COOH).
A,B,D are incorrect
This is an exact information given in ptb and ftb and needs to be memorised.
Acetic acid contains 2 C atoms and butanoic acid contains 3 C so it is not another name of it.
Acetic acid contains 2 C atoms and butanoic acid contains 4 C so it is not another name of it.
IUPAC name of acetic acid is ETHANOIC ACID(CH3COOH).
A,B,D are incorrect
This is an exact information given in ptb and ftb and needs to be memorised.
Methanoic acid is 1 C carboxylic acid therefore it is not called acetic acid
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