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number 174.... not an acetal cause an acteal would have a H on carbon at it shows one bonded to two -OR groups and 2 -R groups.. so a mistake
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Actually it's not wrong.
The generic form of an Acetal used to be considered as you mentioned or as displayed below:
But many have interpreted today that an Acetal can be considered a Carbon bonded with 2-OR groups and 2-R groups. Which in fact is a Ketal as shown below:
But todays terminology in Organic Chemistry all ketals are classified under a subset of Acetals. So in fact the answer is correct. It's a trick question but nothing wrong with it.
The generic form of an Acetal used to be considered as you mentioned or as displayed below:
But many have interpreted today that an Acetal can be considered a Carbon bonded with 2-OR groups and 2-R groups. Which in fact is a Ketal as shown below:
But todays terminology in Organic Chemistry all ketals are classified under a subset of Acetals. So in fact the answer is correct. It's a trick question but nothing wrong with it.
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