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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
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