Question

Bugaboo can be oxidised to a carboxylic acid by heating with acidified potassium manganate (VII). Give the name and structural formula of the carboxylic acid.

Answer 1

See below.

Step-by-step explanation:

CH3CH2CH2CH2OH is butanol.

The carboxylic acid formed , butyric acid has the formula:

CH3CH2CH2COOH.

Structural formula:

H H H O

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H - C - C - C - C - OH

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H H H