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Nomenclature of Aromatic Compounds

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Mention the IUPAC name for the given structure.

A

benzene-1,2-dicarboxylic acid

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benzenedicarboxylic acid

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C

dibenzoic acid

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benzene-1,2-dioic acid

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Solution

The correct option is A benzene-1,2-dicarboxylic acid
If two or more identical substituents are present, numbers are separated by commas. Names of identical substituents are not repeated instead prefixes such as di(for 2), tri(for 3), tetra(for 4), penta(for 5), hexa(for 6) etc. are used.
So, the correct IUPAC name is Benzene-1,2-dicarboxylic acid

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