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HOOC-CH2-CH-COOH | COOH

HOOC-CH2-CH-COOH


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               COOH

Grade:12

4 Answers

Chetan Mandayam Nayakar
312 Points
13 years ago

1,2,4-butane-trioic-acid

Godfrey Classic Prince
633 Points
13 years ago

Dear Vaishal Shah,

Such a compound is not possible !

The valency of carbon atom is 4 .

But here one carbon atom had 5 bonds atteched to it which is not possible & the other carbon atom has just 3 carbon atoms attached to it .

It must be 1,2,2-ethane trioic acid

But you must put the -COOH which is under -CH2 under -CH- 

 

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jithin p nair
14 Points
13 years ago

ethane-1,1,2-tricarboxylicacid

akram khan
33 Points
13 years ago

it have two answers : 1) 2-carboxy-1,4-dioic acid

&

2) ethane-1,1,2-tri carboxylic acid

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