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The label of a bromobutanoic acid bottle has been washed away. Someone is trying to relabel it with correct IUPAC name. Which of the following cannot be a name?
The label of a bromobutanoic acid bottle has been washed away. Someone is trying to relabel it with correct IUPAC name. Which of the following cannot be a name?
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The correct option is D 1-Bromo-3-butanoic acid
In monocarboxylic acid, numbering always starts from carbon of -COOH group. Thus, substituent bromine cannot be present at first carbon and hence is wrong name.
In monocarboxylic acid, numbering always starts from carbon of -COOH group. Thus, substituent bromine cannot be present at first carbon and hence is wrong name.
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