Carboxylic Acid naming

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Mir Raza 3D
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Carboxylic Acid naming

Postby Mir Raza 3D » Thu Mar 10, 2016 12:58 am

Does it matter what compound is listed before and after the -oxy- ? or could u switch the two and still have the right answer?
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Jonathan Zuo 2J
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Re: Carboxylic Acid naming

Postby Jonathan Zuo 2J » Thu Mar 10, 2016 1:09 am

For carboxylic acids, the suffix is -oic acid. The suffix -oxy is used when naming a molecule with an ether. If you have an ether, the -oxy goes to the shorter fragment of the molecule.

For example, the name for CH3CH2-O-CH2CH2CH2CH3 would be ethoxybutane.
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