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Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Chemistry

Chapter

Organic: Aldehydes, Ketones and Carboxylic Acids

Question:

In the IUPAC system, aliphatic carboxylic acids are named by replacing the ending –e in the name of the corresponding alkane with –oic acid. In numbering the carbon chain, the carboxylic carbon is numbered one. For naming compounds containing more than one carboxyl group, the alkyl chain leaving carboxyl groups is numbered and the number of carboxyl groups is indicated by adding the multiplicative prefix, dicarboxylic acid, tricarboxylic acid, etc. to the name of parent alkyl chain. The position of –COOH groups are indicated by the arabic numeral before the multiplicative prefix.

What is the IUPAC name of the given compound?

Options:

4-Oxocyclohexan-1-carboxylic acid

4-Carboxylcyclohexan-1-one

4-Oxocyclohexylmethanoic acid

4-Oxocyclohexylethanoic acid

Correct Answer:

4-Oxocyclohexan-1-carboxylic acid

Explanation:

The correct answer is option 1. 4-Oxocyclohexan-1-carboxylic acid.

This is a keto-substituted cyclic carboxylic acid and is named considering the CO group as a substituent at the fourth position given that the carbon attached to the carboxyl carbon is C-1.