Question 14.6: Write the common and I.U.P.A.C. names of the salt produced i...

Write the common and I.U.P.A.C. names of the salt produced in the reaction shown in Example 14.5.

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I.U.P.A.C. name of the parent carboxylic acid:        Propanoic acid
Replace the -ic acid ending with –ate:                     Propanoate
Name of the cation of the base:                                 Potassium
Name of the carboxylic acid salt:                               Potassium propanoate
Common name of the parent carboxylic acid:       Propionic acid
Replace the -ic acid ending with -ate:                     Propionate
Name of the cation of the base:                                 Potassium
Name of the carboxylic acid salt:                               Potassium propionate

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