Question
Chemistry Question on Organic Chemistry- Some Basic Principles and Techniques
IUPAC name of
A
4-hydroxy 1 methyl pentanoic acid
B
4-hydroxy 2 methyl pentanoic acid
C
2-hydroxy 4 methyl pentanoic acid
D
2-hydroxy 2 methyl pentanoic acid
Answer
4-hydroxy 2 methyl pentanoic acid
Explanation
Solution
Here −COOH is the principal group and prefixes should be arranged in alphabetic order. Hence IUPAC name is 