Question

Name this compound.

• A. ethane benzoic acid
• B. ethane benzoic anhydride
• C. benzoic ethanoic anhydride
• D. ethanoic benzoic anhydride

Answer 1

The correct option is C benzoic ethanoic anhydride

To name such anhydrides, imagine the acids which were dehydrated to make this anhydride.

We would have benzoic acid and ethanoic acid which were dehydrated to form this compound.



So, this compound would be named benzoic ethanoic anhydride (in alphabetical order)