Edexcel IAL Chemistry A2 15.9 Carboxylic acid nomenclature and formulae
Edexcel IAL Chemistry A2 15.9 Carboxylic acid nomenclature and formulae
Read the parent chain, carboxyl group and stereochemical descriptor carefully, then draw or name the acid without losing branches, hydroxy groups or E/Z geometry.
How this is tested
- Name hydroxy and aromatic carboxylic acids such as lactic or salicylic acid.
- Assign E/Z names for unsaturated dicarboxylic or long-chain carboxylic acids.
- Draw structural or skeletal carboxylic acid isomers from reaction and NMR clues.