Question

CH3-CH-OHCOOH ... iupac name ?
​

Answer 1

Answer:

$\sf{CH_{3}-CH-OHCOOH}$

The IUPAC name is 2-hydroxypropanoic acid.

The common name is lactic acid.

Additional information:

→IUPAC stands for International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry.

→The need for an international naming of different chemicals arise in 1860 by a committee headed by German scientist Friedrich August Kekulé von Stadoniz. This was the first international conference to create an international naming system for the naming of different compounds. The IUPAC was formed in 1919.

How to write IUPAC name for any compund

• identify functional groups
• locate the longest carbon chain
• identify the number of carbon in that particular chain
• recognising the branch group and name them accordingly
• identify alkyl groups
• combination of these elements in order {branch group/halogen atom-prefix of main chain-funtional group-position on the longest carbon chain}

Answer 2

Explanation:

its name is lactic acid..