JEE Main Chemistry question

Chemistry Organic Chemistry - Some Basic Principles and Techniques JEE Main

Which one is the senior-most functional group in the nomenclature of an organic compound, if it possesses more than one functional group?

(A)–CHO
(B)–COOHCorrect
(C)–OH
(D)>C=O (ketone)

Answer: (B)

Solution

IUPAC seniority order for the principal characteristic group places carboxylic

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