ethyl benzoate

[Tina324]

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Ok so i just got a question wrong that i knew the answer to but got wrong because i didn't know what the hell ethyl benzoate was.

I was thinking that ethyl benzoate is Ph-CO-CH2-CH3...but sadly..it's not? so my q is, what do you call Ph-CO-CH2-CH3?

 

[glk2101]

that would be ethyl phenyl ketone, the other one is an ester

 

[Tina324]

that would be ethyl phenyl ketone, the other one is an ester

oops sorry i meant I thought that Ph-O-CO-CH2-CH3 was ethyl benzoate...so what is it actually?

 

[Doa110]

Ph-CO-O-CH2CH3

 

[Tina324]

then what do you call Ph-O-CO-CH2-CH3

 

[glk2101]

what you just wrote is ethyl benzoate

 

[Chesnok]

yes ethyl benzoate, and other way around is phenyl ethanoate.

 

[Ilkaan]

phenyl propanoate

 

[Tina324]

grr to be quite honest, i think this is very counter intuitive. ok so, the substituent attached to the oxygen of the ester is stated FIRST, not the other way around...

i thought that since the benzene is connected to-oate that the benzene is connected to the carbonyl group via an oxygen.

 

[utdent20]

so anything ending with an aoate is an ester?