How to name this in IUPAC nomenclature???

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1 Answer
May 27, 2018

The name is methyl 4-formylhexanoate.

Explanation:

Step 1. Identify the highest priority functional group

This compound is an ester.

Step 2. Write the base name of the ester

Esters are alkyl alkanoates.

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(a) Name the alkyl group.

methane - ane + ylmethyl

b) Name the acid portion of the ester

This is a six-carbon acid

hexanoic acid - oic acid + oatehexanoate

The base name of the ester is methyl hexanoate.

Step 3. Locate and identify the substituent

There is a one-carbon aldehyde side-chain at carbon-4.

The Preferred IUPAC Name for the group in a side-chain is formyl.

Step 5. Name the compound

The compound is methyl 4-formylhexanoate.