Answer to Question #344852 in Organic Chemistry for ramahunaiti

Question

a) Draw a displayed formula for the carboxylic acid that contains three carbon atoms. Give the name of this compound. (2 marks)

b) Draw a skeletal formula for a ketone that contains five carbon atoms. Give the name of this compound. (2 marks)

c) Your answer to part (d) is only one possible isomer. Give a definition of isomerism and state the type of isomerism that can occur for the ketone described in part (d). (2 marks)

d) Name and describe one other type of isomerism different to that discussed in part (e). (2 marks)

e) Draw two isomers of the type you described in part (f) and name them.