Question

A long chain of hydrocarbon bonded to cooh is a ________ acid.

Answer 1

A long chain of hydrocarbon bonded to COOH is a FATTY acid.

Answer 2

Answer: Option (d) is the correct answer.

Explanation:

A fatty acid is defined as a long chain of hydrocarbons that consists of a carboxylic group, that is, COOH group at the end of the chain.

General formula of a fatty acid is $R-(CH_{2})_{n}-COOH$ where n is mostly an even number in many cases.

Fatty acids are also known as aliphatic monocarboxylic acid.

For example, $C_{17}H_{35}COOH$ is the formula of stearic acid which is a fatty acid.

Thus, we can conclude that a long chain of hydrocarbon bonded to cooh is a fatty acid.