Organic Chemistry (8th Edition)

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Chapter 18 - Ketones and Aldehydes - Problems - Page 820: Problem 18-1 a

Answer

IUPAC: 5-hydroxyhexan-3-one Common name: ethyl β-hydroxypropyl ketone

Work Step by Step

IUPAC: There are six carbons with single bonds, so it's a hexane. The ketone has a higher priority so it gets the lowest number, 3. The OH is on the carbon 5 so it's 5-hydroxyhexan-3-one. Common name: The carbon attached to the C=O is alpha carbon, then the carbon after it is beta carbon. Since the OH is on the beta carbon and there is a propyl on the left side of C=O, its β-hydroxypropyl ketone. There is a ethyl group on the other side so its ethyl β-hydroxypropyl ketone
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