Give condensed and bond line structural formula and identify the functional group(s) present, if any, for 2-hydroxy-1,2,3-propane tricarboxylic acid.

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Solution

The functional groups present in 2-Hydroxy-1,2,3-propanetricarboxylic acid are carboxylic acid ( $- C O O H$ ) and alcoholic ( $- O H$ ) groups.
The condensed formula is $(C O O H) C H_{2} C (O H) (C O O H) C H_{2} C O O H$ .
The bond line formula is as shown.

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