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while naming a compound using nomenclature, which of the following gets the lowest number?
Unsaturated carbon ( yne, or ene carbon ) or functional group (such as carboxylic acid ) ? Please Illustrate with example.

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While naming a compound using nomenclature , carbon attached to the functional group will get the lowest number.

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