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Name the following carboxylic acid
COOH
A. 3-ethyl-2-methylheptanoic acid
B. 2-ethyl-1-methylhexanoic acid
C. 2-methyl-3-ethylheptanoic Acid

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The name of the carboxylic acid would be 2-methyl-3-ethylheptanoic acid.

Naming or carboxylic acids

Carboxylic acids are named based on the longest carbon chain and the counting starts from the carboxylic acid's functional group.

Thus, in this case, the compound would be a heptanoic acid because the longest chain towards the functional group has 7 carbons.

This means 2 branches exist in the compound. The first one has a single carbon while the second one has 2 carbon atoms. This means they are methyl and ethyl groups respectively.

The branches are located on the second and third carbon on the main chain. Thus the compound's name is 2-methyl-3-ethylheptanoic Acid.

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