it's an ester..
2006-12-23 13:35:27 · 4 answers · asked by pinkiezbox 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
"methyl isopentyl ester" however I may have screwed up depending on which IUPAC convention used, it may be "methyl 4-methyl butyl ester"
2006-12-23 13:50:57 · answer #1 · answered by piercesk1 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The acid gets precedence (ie. will be the ending) and since it is an ester (acid + alcohol) the ending must be -oate.
Let's start w/the ending....2C acid (can tell because of carboxyl part C=O) so we are loooking at an ethanoate.
Alcohol part is 4C long w/a methyl group at C3 (numbering of Cs begins w/most oxidated) so that part is 3-methyl-butane.
Putting the two together, we get (3-methyl)-butyl-ethanoate. You need to put the methyl group and its location in parens to show that the butyl is the alcohol part of the ester.
You may also be correct in IUPAC by using the term 'isopentyl' for the (3-methyl)- butyl part of the name...I think it sounds better as isopentyl ethanoate, actually! Regardless, both names are correct.
2006-12-23 22:13:40 · answer #2 · answered by teachbio 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
3-methyl,beuthyl acetate
2006-12-24 01:44:06 · answer #3 · answered by CH4 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
METHYL ISOPENTANOATE
2006-12-24 02:33:35 · answer #4 · answered by Interesting 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋