{"id":235728,"date":"2025-06-15T17:22:24","date_gmt":"2025-06-15T17:22:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/?p=235728"},"modified":"2025-06-15T17:22:26","modified_gmt":"2025-06-15T17:22:26","slug":"give-the-iupac-name-of-the-primary-organic-product-for-oxidation-of-the-following-compound","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/2025\/06\/15\/give-the-iupac-name-of-the-primary-organic-product-for-oxidation-of-the-following-compound\/","title":{"rendered":"Give the IUPAC name of the primary organic product for oxidation of the following compound"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Give the IUPAC name of the primary organic product for oxidation of the following compound. Select one: a. 2-methylbutanone b. 2-methyl-3-butanone c. 3-methylbutanoic acid d. 2-methylbutanoic acid Clear my choice<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Correct Answer and Explanation is:<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Correct Answer: d. 2-methylbutanoic acid<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Explanation:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The oxidation of an organic compound depends on the type of functional group present. When a primary alcohol<\/strong> is oxidized, it forms an aldehyde<\/strong>, which can further oxidize to form a carboxylic acid<\/strong>. When a secondary alcohol<\/strong> is oxidized, it typically forms a ketone<\/strong>. Tertiary alcohols<\/strong> do not oxidize under mild conditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Consider the structure of the starting compound: assume it is 2-methylbutanol<\/strong>, a primary alcohol. Its structure includes a four-carbon chain (butane) with a methyl group on carbon 2 and a hydroxyl group (-OH) on the terminal carbon. This makes it a primary alcohol<\/strong>, and upon oxidation, the hydroxyl group is converted into a carboxylic acid (-COOH) functional group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The result is 2-methylbutanoic acid<\/strong>. This molecule has:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  • A straight-chain carboxylic acid backbone with four carbon atoms (butanoic acid),<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • A methyl group substituted on the second carbon.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    Now, analyze the other options:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    • a. 2-methylbutanone<\/strong>: This is a ketone, likely formed from a secondary alcohol, not a primary alcohol.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • b. 2-methyl-3-butanone<\/strong>: This name is not correct by IUPAC standards; it seems misnamed.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • c. 3-methylbutanoic acid<\/strong>: This structure differs from the correct product because the methyl group is on the third carbon, not the second.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • d. 2-methylbutanoic acid<\/strong>: This matches the expected oxidation product of a primary alcohol with the correct position of the methyl group.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

      Therefore, the correct IUPAC name of the primary organic oxidation product is 2-methylbutanoic acid<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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      Give the IUPAC name of the primary organic product for oxidation of the following compound. Select one: a. 2-methylbutanone b. 2-methyl-3-butanone c. 3-methylbutanoic acid d. 2-methylbutanoic acid Clear my choice The Correct Answer and Explanation is: Correct Answer: d. 2-methylbutanoic acid Explanation: The oxidation of an organic compound depends on the type of functional group […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-235728","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-exams-certification"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235728","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=235728"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235728\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=235728"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=235728"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=235728"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}