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Fundamental Principles of Organic Chemistry Nomenclature of Unsaturated Dicarboxylic Acids

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The systematic stereochemical name of maleic acid is:

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Correct Answer: B) (Z)-But-2-enedioic acid

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Maleic acid has both –COOH groups on the same side of the C=C bond, corresponding to the Z configuration.

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