MHT CET 2024 Chemistry question

What is IUPAC name of Acrylic acid?

(A)Propanoic acid
(B)prop-2-enoic acidCorrect
(C)2-Methylpropanoic acid
(D)2-Hydroxypropanoic acid

Answer: (B)

Solution

Acrylic acid is the unsaturated three-carbon carboxylic acid . Numbering starts from the carboxyl carbon (C-1), so the C=C lies between C-2 and C-3; the name is prop-2-enoic acid, option (B).

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