Question
Carboxylic acids are named by adding the suffix ____ to the parent root when the carboxylic acid is the highest-priority functional group.
Answer
Carboxylic acids are named by adding the suffix –oic acid to the parent root when the carboxylic acid is the highest-priority functional group.
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A carboxylic acid contains both a ____ group, bonded to the same carbon.
The same common-name prefixes are used for both aldehydes and carboxylic acids: ____ for three.
Cyclic carboxylic acids are named by listing the cycloalkane with the suffix ____.
Salts of carboxylic acids are named beginning with the cation, followed by the name of the acid with the ending ____ replacing – oic acid .
____, followed by the name of the acid with the ending – oate replacing – oic acid .
The smallest dicarboxylic acid is oxalic acid, with ____ carbons.