Q.Give condensed and bond-line structural formulas and identify the functional group(s) present, if any, for:
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Start your 14-day free trial to unlock the full solution →(a) 2,2,4-Trimethylpentane is a branched alkane — no functional group. (b) 2-Hydroxy-1,2,3-propanetricarboxylic acid (citric acid) has one alcohol and three carboxylic-acid groups. (c) Hexanedial is a dialdehyde — two aldehyde groups.
Decode each IUPAC name into its carbon skeleton, write the condensed formula, sketch the bond-line (skeletal) form, and read off the functional groups.
(a) 2,2,4-Trimethylpentane
A five-carbon (pentane) main chain carrying two methyl branches on C-2 and one on C-4.
Condensed formula:
Bond-line: a five-carbon zig-zag; two extra bonds meet at the second carbon (a quaternary carbon) and one extra bond at the fourth carbon. Every vertex and chain end is a carbon, hydrogens implicit.
Functional group: none — it is a saturated hydrocarbon (alkane).
(b) 2-Hydroxy-1,2,3-propanetricarboxylic acid
A three-carbon (propane) backbone bearing a on each of C-1, C-2 and C-3 and an on C-2. This is citric acid.
Condensed formula:
Bond-line: the central carbon carries an and a ; each of the two arms is a , the carboxyls drawn as .
Functional groups: three carboxylic-acid () groups and one alcohol ().
(c) Hexanedial
A six-carbon (hexane) chain with an aldehyde () at each end (the "-dial" suffix; aldehydes must be terminal).
Condensed formula:
Bond-line: a six-carbon zig-zag with a carbonyl () at each terminal carbon. …
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