IUPAC name of

Question

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

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Here - COOH is the principal group and prefixes should be arranged in alphabetic order. Hence IUPAC name is <img class="img-fluid question-image" alt="image" src="https://cdn.tardigrade.in/img/question/chemistry/60c2e100172e9881a9701ee6e25db106-.png" />

Q. IUPAC name of

4-hydroxy 1 methyl pentanoic acid

4-hydroxy 2 methyl pentanoic acid

2-hydroxy 4 methyl pentanoic acid

2-hydroxy 2 methyl pentanoic acid

Here $- COO H$ is the principal group and prefixes should be arranged in alphabetic order. Hence IUPAC name is

Q. IUPAC name of

4-hydroxy 1 methyl pentanoic acid

4-hydroxy 2 methyl pentanoic acid

2-hydroxy 4 methyl pentanoic acid

2-hydroxy 2 methyl pentanoic acid

Here −COOH is the principal group and prefixes should be arranged in alphabetic order. Hence IUPAC name is

Here $- COO H$ is the principal group and prefixes should be arranged in alphabetic order. Hence IUPAC name is