product from ch2=ch-ch-oh,ch3 bond off 3rd c + ch3-ch-ch2-cooh,ch3 bond off 2nd c?

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product from ch2=ch-ch-oh,ch3 bond off 3rd c + ch3-ch-ch2-cooh,ch3 bond off 2nd c?

2007-03-10 23:03:57 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry

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Which is the 2nd and which is the 3rd?

2007-03-11 01:24:11 · answer #1 · answered by Bullwinkle Moose 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋

You are reacting an alcohol and a carboxylic acid, the product is an ester, with water as the byproduct. The structure is:

CH2=CHCH(CH3)OOCCH2CH(CH3)2

Note that I wrote the ester group backwards (-OOC-).

2007-03-11 10:40:26 · answer #2 · answered by Glenguin 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋