Question

A great environmentalist of Telangana Mr. Purushotham Reddy is going to visit
your school on account of the environment week. As a cultural secretary of the
school prepare a notice for the students to be ready with questions to ask him to
improve our environment​

Answer 1

Answer:

In the compound both ketone and the carboxylic group is present. Priority is given to carboxylic group at C-1, and the ketonic group at C-3 is treated as a substituent. Thus the prefix used is "keto" and the suffix used is "oic acid".

Thus IUPAC name is 3-ketobutanoic acid