Determine the locant assigned to the ring carbon atom attached to the principal functional group in β IUPAC and Nomenclature Chemistry Question
Question
Determine the locant assigned to the ring carbon atom attached to the principal functional group in Cyclohexanecarboxylic acid.
Answer: B
π‘ Solution & Explanation
When a functional group requiring a special suffix is attached directly to an alicyclic ring, the ring carbon atom attached to that functional group is implicitly assigned position number 1.
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