Write the IUPAC names of the two compounds shown in the figure (an unsaturated dicarboxylic skeleton and a polysubstituted benzoic acid).(i)(ii)
Solution
(i) The displayed chain holds two –COOH ends and a C=C: name it as the alk-ene-dioic acid (both carboxyls take locants 1 and n; the methyl and double bond get their chain positions). (ii) The displayed ring is a benzoic acid: C-1 is the –COOH carbon; number the ring to give the lowest locants to Br, OH and NO2 and cite them alphabetically (bromo-, hydroxy-, nitro-benzoic acid with those locants). Read exact positions from the figure.