Question

What is the trivial name of `"H"_3"CC(=O)H"`?

Answer 1

`"Of acetaldehyde..............??"`, the trivial name.

Explanation:

`H_3C-C(=O)H`., or `CH_3CHO`

This is a product of ethyl alcohol metabolism and is believed to be responsible for the hangover after a night on the grog.

In our body, ethanal is oxidized to ethanoic acid (=acetic acid), but that is a second step, that can't always keep up with the first.