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3-bromo-2-chloro-5-oxohexanoic acid

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Answered by prmkulk1978
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Rootword= Hexa=6 carbon atoms
Prefix=Oic acid=carboxylic acid=COOH
The molecular structure is:

O Br Cl
II I I CH 3- C-CH2- CH - CH-COOH
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prmkulk1978: oxy is at 5th
prmkulk1978: Br is at 3 and Cl is at 2nd
Answered by zumba12
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Structure of 3-bromo-2-chloro-5-oxohexanoic acid

  • From the prefixes, it is clear that the structure has two substituent group namely 'Bromo' and 'Chloro' as well as keto group -C=O.
  • 3-bromo and 2-chloro represents that Bromine is attached to the third carbon atom and chlorine is attached to second carbon atom.
  • Suffix -oic acid means the structure has -COOH as the functional group in it.
  • Hexa represents the presence of 6 carbon atom.
  • Accordingly the structure of 3-bromo-2-chloro-5-oxohexanoic acid is given in the attachment.

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