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

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

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Grade:12th pass

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Rajat
213 Points
5 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.

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