Question

write the name and structure of an organic acid with three carbon atoms ini its molecule

Answer 1

It is propanoic acid... having functional group as carboxylic acid

Answer 2

Propanoic acid is the organic acid with 3 carbon atoms.

Organic acid

• As the structure of an organic acid has 3 carbon atoms the parent compound is alkane that is propane.
• As it is an acid it contains the functional group that is -COOH group Carboxylic acid .
• The structure of the Propanoic acid can be written as,
• $CH_{3} CH_{2} COOH$
• So the organic acid with 3 carbon atoms is named as Propanoic acid.