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Q.Write the IUPAC name of: [benzene ring with -CHO and -OH substituents]

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A benzene ring with –CHO and an adjacent (ortho) –OH group is salicylaldehyde, IUPAC name 2-hydroxybenzaldehyde.

The parent chain is chosen as benzaldehyde (the –CHO group gets carbon 1 by IUPAC priority for the principal characteristic group), and the –OH substituent is at the adjacent (ortho, position …

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