MHT CET 2022 Chemistry question

When two groups attached to adjacent carbon atoms of benzene then the name of compound is -

(A)Benzoic acid
(B)Salicylic acid
(C)Phthalic acidCorrect
(D)O-Toulic acid

Answer: (C)

Solution

Benzene-1,2-dicarboxylic acid, with two groups on adjacent (ortho) ring carbons, is called phthalic acid (o-phthalic acid). Hence (C). Benzoic acid has only one

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