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Grade 12th passOrganic Chemistry

Plz name the compound given in image and reason for naming so

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7 Years agoGrade 12th pass
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Profile image of Rajat
7 Years ago
3-formylpropanoic acid.
This is because the carboxylic acid is having a greater ''priority'' than aldehyde group therefore in the carbon chain the C of carboxylic acid is numbered 1 and so on thus the aldehyde group is at 3C. Thus the naming of the compound.