Write the IUPAC name of :(Structure: a benzene ring carrying a –CHO group, and an –OH group on the adjacent (ortho) carbon.)

Q.2 (v) Write the IUPAC name of :
(Structure: a benzene ring carrying a –CHO group, and an –OH group on the adjacent (ortho) carbon.)

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Answer: 2-Hydroxybenzaldehyde (common name: salicylaldehyde).

The –CHO group has the higher priority, so it gives the parent name benzaldehyde and its carbon is C-1; the –OH group is on C-2 and is named as the prefix ‘hydroxy’.

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Write the IUPAC name of :(Structure: a benzene ring carrying a –CHO group, and an –OH group on the adjacent (ortho) carbon.)

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