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Give the IUPAC name (including any E, Z designation) for the following unsaturated aldehyde.

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Give the IUPAC name (including any E, Z designation) for the following unsaturated aldehyde.

Unsaturation:

Such compounds in which we can observe the presence of either carbon-carbon double bond or triple bond. Alkenes and alkynes have this unsaturation in their compound. Ethene and propene are found to be examples of unsaturated compounds

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The IUPAC name of the above compound is as follows:

  • The above compound has nine carbons in its longest chain. Hence, the name of the parent chain is...

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