Question

structural formula and IUPAC name of cinnamic acid

Answer 1

Cinnamic acid is a white crystalline odorless organic acid.

Structural formula of cinnamic acid => C6H5CHCHCO2H (C9H8O2).

IUPAC name of cinnamic acid => (2E)-3-Phenylprop-2-enoic acid.

Other names of cinnamic acid => Trans-Cinnamic acid, Phenylacrylic acid, Cinnamylic acid, 3-Phenylacrylic acid, (E)-Cinnamic acid, Benzenepropenoic acid and Isocinnamic acid.