Question

Give the correct IUPAC name and the functional group for the compound whose structural formula is given below:

\[\begin{array}{cc}
\ce{H}\phantom{...}\ce{H}\phantom{...}\ce{O}\\
\phantom{.}|\phantom{....}|\phantom{....}||\\
\ce{H - C - C - C - H}\\
|\phantom{....}|\phantom{.....}\\
\ce{H}\phantom{...}\ce{H}\phantom{.....}\\
\end{array}\]

Answer 1

IUPAC Name: Propanal

Functional group: Aldehydic group

\[\begin{array}{cc}
\ce{O}\phantom{..}\\
||\phantom{..}\\
\ce{- C - H}\\
\end{array}\]