Give IUPAC nomenclature to the given compound.

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The given compound is an acid anhydride. Acid anhydrides are named as $(a c i d)_{1} (a c i d)_{2} - a n h y d r i d e$ where $(a c i d)_{1}$ and $(a c i d)_{2}$ are the acidic parts where carbonyl carbon is also counted. In the given compound, $(a c i d)_{1}$ is benzoic acid while $(a c i d)_{2}$ is propanoic acid. Hence its IUPAC name is benzoic propanoic anhydride.

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