Carboxyhc acid nomenclature

Carboxyhc acid nomenclature designates number of carbonsmumber of double bonds. For example, 10 0 indicates a fuUy saturated C q acid. 

Table 19.1 lists common parent names for some simple carboxyhc acids. These parent names are used in the nomenclature of many other compounds with carbonyl groups (Chapters 21 and 22). 

In systematic (lUPAC) nomenclature, a carboxylic acid is named by replacing the terminal e of the alkane name with oic acid. For example, the one-carbon alkane is methane, so the one-carbon carboxyhc acid is methano/c acid. 

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