What Is the IUPAC Name of the Compound Shown Below

question 4

Multiple Choice

What is the IUPAC name of the compound shown below?

• A) sodium 3-methylbutanonate
• B) sodium 2-methylbutanonate
• C) 2-methyl sodium butanonate
• D) 3-methyl sodium butanonate

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Definitions:

Covert Behavioral Analysis

An observational method in psychology where behaviors are analyzed without the subject’s awareness.

Contingency Management

A behavioral therapy that rewards or punishes patient behavior as a way to encourage the adoption of desired behaviors or the cessation of undesired ones.

Learning Theory

A framework that describes how people acquire new behaviors, skills, values, or knowledge through various processes such as observation, reinforcement, or trial and error.

Hull's Theory

A drive reduction theory of learning that emphasizes the role of reinforcement and the reduction of drives in the learning process, developed by Clark L. Hull.