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(As with aldehydes and ketones) To name a carboxylic acid you start with the correspondi...

(As with aldehydes and ketones) To name a carboxylic acid you start with the corresponding alkane parent name, remove the final “e” (e.g., “butane” becomes “butan”), and add a suffix.

a. (E) What suffix (ending) is used to name a carboxylic acid?

b. (E) What word comes after the parent+suffix to complete the name of a carboxylic acid?

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