Naming Carboxylic Acids

Chapter 20 The Chemistry of Carboxylic Acids carboxylic acid The carboxylic acid is one of the most frequent functional groups in small molecules that bind to protein targets and is considered a privileged polylactic acid When substituted carboxylic acids are named by common names, the carbon positions are often designated with Greek letters The carbon next to the COOH is called

carboxylic acid Carboxylic Acids The carboxylic acid functional group includes a carbonyl carbon connected directly to an alcohol group, as shown below Carboxylic acids are