- carboxylic acids are formed by the function group:
- use standard rules but change the parent chain ending to -oic
- the simplest carboxylic acid is methanoic acid
ETHERS
- an ether contains an oxygen group connected to two alkyl (carbon) chains
- name the small alkyl group first, then the second alkyl group followed by ether.
some examples of ethers
1) dimethyl ether:
2) propyl hexyl ether:
CH3-CH2-CH2-O-CH2-CH2-CH2-CH2-CH2-CH3
3) diphenyl ether:
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