Question

Write the structural formula for methanoic acid.

Answer 1

Methanoic acid:

• Methanoic acid is also called formic acid in a common name.
• The molecular formula of methanoic acid is ${\mathrm{CH}}_2{\mathrm{O}}_2$.
• It contains a carboxylic acid group.

Structural formula:

• The structural formula indicates the position of atoms in a molecule in a graphical way in a real three-dimensional space.
• The methanoic acid name suggests that it contains one carbon atom having the root word of meth-.
• The suffix -oic acid suggests that the functional group carboxylic acid is present in it.
• The structural formula of methanoic acid is given below: $\mathrm{HCOOH}$.