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Answer true or false. (a) The general name of an aliphatic carboxylic acid is alkanoic...

Answer true or false.

(a) The general name of an aliphatic carboxylic acid is alkanoic acid.

(b) A molecule containing two COOH groups is called a dicarboxylic acid.

(c) Ethanedioic acid (oxalic acid) is the simplest dicarboxylic acid.

(d) 3-Methylbutanoic acid is chiral.

(e) The simplest carboxylic acid is methanoic acid (common name: formic acid), HCO2H.

(f) Benzoic acid is an aromatic carboxylic acid.

(g) Formic acid, which is the common name for HCO2H, is derived from the word formica, which is the Latin name for ants.

(h) (S)-Lactic acid, CH3-CHOH-COOH, contains two functional groups: a 2° alcohol and a carboxyl group.

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