naming esters/structure of esters (1 Viewer)

[Managore]

okay, how to name esters? is ethyl butanoate ethanoic acid and butanol? or other way round? Does the acid or the alcahol come first? I cant find the information in my text book.. Also, could someone quickly recap the structure in terms of (alcahol)(what comes here)(acid)

 

[Paroissien]

Nope its ethanol and butanoic acid. Just remember the longer one (acid) becomes the longer one (-oate)

 

[xeriphic]

the other way around, alcohol correspond to the alkyl and so on

as for the structure the -O-H from the alkanoic acid react with the -OH functional group in alkanol, condenses out water and leaving the -O- holding the two molecules together

 

[Tommy_Lamp]

Just remember that there is a water molecule produced.

 

[Managore]

Thankyou everyone