PROBLEM SET 4

                                                                 ANSWER KEY               

Name the following compounds or draw structures for the names.

1.  CH₃CH₂CO₂H                  propanoic acid

2.  ethyl butyl ether                 CH₃ – CH₂ – O – CH₂ – CH₂ – CH₂ – CH₃

                                                                           O

                                                                           ||

3.  propyl formate                  CH₃ – CH₂ – CH₂ – O – CH

                O

                ||

4.  CH₃-O-CCH₂CH₃                         methyl propanoate

5.         Na⁺ C₆H₅CO₂^-                        sodium benzoate

6.  CH₂OHCHOHCH₂OH                 glycerol

                                                                               O

                                                                               ||

7.  ethyl acetate                                 CH₃ – CH₂ – O – C – CH₃

                                                                               O

                                                                               ||

8.  methyl butanoate              CH₃ – O – C – CH₂ – CH₂ – CH₃ 

9.  CH₃CH₂OCH₂CH₃                                   diethyl ether (or ethyl ether, or “ether”)

                         O

                         ║

10.  CH₃(CH₂)₆C - O - CH₂CH₂CH₃                        propyl octanoate

Fill in the blanks:

                                                   intermolecular

11.  ethyl alcohol + propanoic acid ----------------------->                 ethyl propanoate

                                                      dehydration

                                            hydrolysis

12.       methyl benzoate  ------------------>                 methanol  +  benzoic acid

SE/mt/10/11/94

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