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Why is ethanoic acid known as aliphatic monocarboxylic acid?

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The name is due to following properties:
- Aliphatic means open chain compound
- Monocarboxylic acid means one -COOH group
As, ethanoic acid has the above properties we can also name it aliphatic monocarboxylic acid.


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