Question

Vanillin, C8H8O3, is the active ingredient in vanilla flavoring. It contains a six-membered aromatic ring with an aldehyde group on carbon 1, an alkoxy group (ether) on carbon 3, and a hydroxyl group (alcohol) on carbon 4. Draw the structure of vanillin.

Answer 1

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Step-by-step explanation:

A six-membered aromatic ring is one of the most common structures in natural compounds.

The aldehyde group in position one consist in one carbon double-bonded to oxygen and bonded to hydrogen.

The alkoxy group in position three consist in a oxygen bonded to an alkyl group (The simplest alkyl group is methyl -CH₃-).

There is, in position four, an hydroxyl group -OH. bonded to this six-membered aromatic ring.

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