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Question #3da98

Answer 1

Here's how to generate the IUPAC name.

Explanation:

The prime rule is that you choose the longest continuous chain that includes both the carboxylic acid and the alkene double bond.

Start from the `"COOH"` and count to the left hand end. That gives you a 5-carbon chain:

`"C-C=C-C-COOH"`

The base name for this chain becomes "pentenoic acid".

The carboxyl carbon is number 1, so the double bond is between carbons 3 and 4.

The name becomes "pent-3-enoic acid", with the "3" coming as close as possible before the "en".

Now, we have two methyl groups on carbon 2:

`"CH"_3"CH=CHC"("CH"_3)_2"COOH"`

The IUPAC name is 2,2-dimethylpent-3-enoic acid.