Question

Name the Second member of carboxylic acid.

Answer 1

Organic compounds which contain the Carborxylic functional group ($-COOH$) are called Carboxylic acids. The general formula is $C_n{H}_{2n+1}COOH$. Their $\mathrm{IUPAC}$ names are the root word with the suffix ‘ic acid’.

Ethanoic acid ($C{H}_{3}COOH$), is the second member of the Carboxylic acid ($C_n{H}_{2n+1}COOH$, where '$n$' is the number of Carbon ($C$) atoms in the molecule, minus $1$). It is also called Acetic acid.