The structures of an acid and an alcohol are shown in the given figures.

Which of these pairs of compounds correctly identifies the given two compounds?

Acid-Ethanoic, Alcohol -Butanol

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Acid-Ethanoic, Alcohol - Propanol

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Acid-Propanoic , Alcohol -Butanol

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Acid-Butanoic , Alcohol -Propanol

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Solution

The correct option is C
Acid-Propanoic , Alcohol -Butanol

As the acid contains three C- atoms, it will be named as propanoic acid (propane is the parent alkane and -oic acid is the suffix for acid) and the alcohol contains four C- atoms, it will be named as butanol (with butane being the parent alkane and suffix -ol for alcohol).

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