Question

Name the following organic compound:

The compound with 3 carbon atoms whose functional group is a carboxylic acid.

Name the following organic compound:

The compound with 3 carbon atoms functional group is a carboxyl.

Answer 1

Propanoic acid

Explanation:

As the compound consists of 3 carbon atoms, therefore its IUPAC name will start from propane. The suffix for the functional group carboxylic acid is ‘oic acid’. This suffix is added to the base name by removing the letter ‘e’. Therefore, the final name is propanoic acid.