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The IUPAC name of the following compound is :
Option: 1 2- nitro-4-hydroxymethyl-5 -aminobenzaldehyde
Option: 2 3-amino-4-hydroxymethyl-2-nitrobenzaldehyde
Option: 3 5-amino-4-hydroxymethyl-2-nitrobenzaldehyde
Option: 4 4-amino-2-formyl-5-hydroxymethyl nitrobenzene

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Stepwise -

1. CHO comes first in the seniority table.

2. Numbering 

    Clockwise       -   2+4+5 = 11 Minimum (Correct)

    AnitClockwise -   3+4+6 = 13  

3. Write all substitute Prefix Name with Number

    5-amino

    4-hydroxymethyl

    2-nitro

4. Main group SUffix Name

     benzaldehyde

5. write the Prefix name with Number in alphabetical order.

The IUPAC name:

5-amino-4-hydroxymethyl-2-nitrobenzaldehyde

Therefore, the correct option is (3).

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