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Which of the following pairs of IUPAC accepted trivial names and systematic names is incorrectly mat — IUPAC and Nomenclature Chemistry Question

Question

Which of the following pairs of IUPAC accepted trivial names and systematic names is incorrectly matched?

Answer: D

💡 Solution & Explanation

Caproic acid is the trivial name for the 6-carbon straight-chain carboxylic acid (Hexanoic acid). Butanoic acid is trivially known as Butyric acid.

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