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IUPAC name of the compound CH3−CH2−O||C−CH2−O||C−COOH is:

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hexanedione - 2, 4-ic-1-oic acid
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2, 4- dioxohexanoic acid
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propionyl-dioxo-oic acid
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none of these
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Solution

The correct option is B 2, 4- dioxohexanoic acid
For naming the given compound ; H3CCH2COCH2COCOOH, the following steps are followed:
i) The parent chain consists of six carbon atoms and the primary functional group is -COOH , thus the suffix -oic acid.
ii) The two secondary functional groups are -CO, thus the prefix -oxo is used for them.
iii) Numbering the compound is done from right to left, as lowest number is given to the -COOH group and also in accordance with the least sum rule for secondary functional groups.
Thus the name of the compound is 2,4-dioxohexanoic acid

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