JAMB - Chemistry (2019 - No. 3)

The IUPAC name for CH\(_3\)CH\(_2\)COOCH\(_2\)CH\(_3\) is
methylpropanoate
ethylethanoate
ethylpropanoate
methylethanoate

Explanation

While naming the IUPAC nomenclature of hydrocarbon compounds, we usually start with the naming from the rare i.e the functional group from the right hand side.

Consider CH\(_3\)CH\(_2\)COOCH\(_2\)CH\(_3\), this is an ester obtained from two compounds propanoic acid and ethanol.

On splitting CH\(_3\)CH\(_2\)COOCH\(_2\)CH\(_3\), we have CH\(_3\)CH\(_2\)COO / CH\(_2\)CH\(_3\) dividing the compound into two; CH\(_3\)CH\(_2\)COO - Propanoate and CH\(_2\)CH\(_3\) - ethyl

So while naming as mentioned earlier on, we start the naming from the rare(RHS), and then the other(LHS). Thus, the name of the compound is; ethylpropanoate.

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