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Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Chemistry

Chapter

Organic: Aldehydes, Ketones and Carboxylic Acids

Question:

Correct IUPAC name of

is:

 

Options:

pent-2-enal

pent-2-enol

pent-3-enal

pent-3-enol

Correct Answer:

pent-2-enal

Explanation:

The parent chain has 5 carbon atoms and one of them is an aldehyde group so numbering starts from there. There is a double bond on the 2nd carbon atom. So, the name of the compound will be pent-2-enal