Question

What is the IUPAC name of the first member of carboxylic acid?​

Answer 1

Answer:

methanoic acid

The first member of carboxilic acid series is methanoic acid HCOOH.

Answer 2

Answer:

the IUPAC system, the -e is dropped from the parent alkane, and the suffix -oic acid is added. For example, the 4 C chain of butane will become: butan- + -oic acid = butanoic acid. The C atom of the COOH group will become the origin for numbering- it will be C1. Since the carboxyl group will be at the end of a structure, the use of an actual number in the name is not necessary. (e.g. it is understood that butanoic acid will have C1 as the carboxyl group). Although a formal IUPAC name exits for each compound, many of the carboxylic acids have common names which are used almost exclusively.