Question

Give the correct IUPAC name and the functional group for the compound whose structural formula is given below:

$$\begin{array}{c}\mathrm{H}\phantom{...}\mathrm{H}\phantom{...}\mathrm{O}\\ \phantom{.}|\phantom{....}|\phantom{....}||\\ \mathrm{H}-\mathrm{C}-\mathrm{C}-\mathrm{C}-\mathrm{H}\\ |\phantom{....}|\phantom{.....}\\ \mathrm{H}\phantom{...}\mathrm{H}\phantom{.....}\end{array}$$

Answer 1

IUPAC Name: Propanal

Functional group: Aldehydic group

$$\begin{array}{c}\mathrm{O}\phantom{..}\\ ||\phantom{..}\\ -\mathrm{C}-\mathrm{H}\end{array}$$