Question

IUPAC name ch3 -ch(oh) -ch2- cooh

Answer 1

IUPAC NAME:- C4H8O3
(3-methoxypropanoic acid)

Answer 2

IUPAC name of $CH_3 -CH(OH) -CH_2- COOH$ is 3-hydroxy butanoic acid.

Explanation:

• The parent chain or longest chain of the given compounds contains 4 carbon atoms. Thus the root word is "But".
• The functional group present in the structure are 'COOH' and 'OH', which is called as carboxylic acid and alcohol group.  
• As two functional groups are present, 'OH' is written in prefix as hydroxy and 'COOH' is written in suffix as -oic acid.
• The numbering must be done in such a way that the functional group with the highest precedence is considered and gets the lowest number.
• In this case, the functional group with the highest precedence is -COOH and the numbering must be done as given in the attachment.
• Thus the IUPAC name of $CH_3 -CH(OH) -CH_2- COOH$ is 3-hydroxy butanoic acid.

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