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Organic Chemistry | 7th Edition | ISBN: 9781269406772 | Authors: Paula Yurkanis Bruice

Table of Contents

1
Remembering General Chemistry: Electronic Structure and Bonding

2
Acids and Bases: Central to Understanding Organic Chemistry
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3
An Introduction to Organic Compounds: Nomenclature, Physical Properties, and Representation of Structure

4
Isomers: The Arrangement of Atoms in Space

5
Alkenes: Structure, Nomenclature, and an Introduction to Reactivity • Thermodynamics and Kinetics

6
The Reactions of Alkenes • The Stereochemistry of Addition Reactions

7
The Reactions of Alkynes

8
Delocalized Electrons and Their Effect on Stability, pKa, and the Products of a Reaction

9
Substitution Reactions of Alkyl Halides

10
Elimination Reactions of Alkyl Halides • Competition Between Substitution and Elimination

11
Reactions of Alcohols, Ethers, Epoxides, Amines, and Thiols

12
Organometallic Compounds

13
Radicals • Reactions of Alkanes

14
Mass Spectrometry, Infrared Spectroscopy, and Ultraviolet/Visible Spectroscopy

15
NMR Spectroscopy

16
Reactions of Carboxylic Acids and Carboxylic Derivatives

17
Reactions of Aldehydes and Ketones • More Reactions of Carboxylic Acid Derivatives • Reactions of A,B -Unsaturated Carbonyl Compounds

18
Reactions at the A- Carbon of Carbonyl Compounds

19
Reactions of Benzene and Substituted Benzenes
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20
More About Amines • Reactions of Heterocyclic Compounds

21
The Organic Chemistry of Carbohydrates

22
The Organic Chemistry of Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins

23
Catalysis in Organic Reactions and in Enzymatic Reactions

24
The Organic Chemistry of the Coenzymes, Compounds Derived from Vitamins

25
The Organic Chemistry of the Metabolic Pathways • Terpene Biosynthesis

26
The Chemistry of the Nucleic Acids

27
Synthetic Polymers

28
Pericyclic Reactions

Textbook Solutions for Organic Chemistry

Chapter 3 Problem 20P

Question

a. What is each ether’s systematic name?

1. \(\mathrm{CH}_{3} \mathrm{OCH}_{2} \mathrm{CH}_{3}\)

2. \(\mathrm{CH}_{3} \mathrm{CH}_{2} \mathrm{OCH}_{2} \mathrm{CH}_{3}\)

b. Do all of these ethers have common names?

c. What are their common names?

Solution

Solution 20P

Step 1 of 4:

a.

Here, we are asked to give the systematic name of given ethers. First, let’s see what is an ether and then discuss on rules for naming ethers.

An ether is an organic compound that has an oxygen atom bonded to two alkyl substituents.  There are 2 types of ether:

i. A symmetrical ether: Here, the alkyl substituents in the compound are same/identical. The structure looks as shown below :

Here, ‘R’ indicates an alkyl group.

ii. An unsymmetrical ether: Here, the alkyl substituents in the compound are different. The structure looks as shown below :

Here, ‘R’ indicates an alkyl group and R’ indicates a different alkyl group.

Now, let’s look at rules of nomenclature of ethers:

  1. First, we need to identify the parent chain. The longest carbon chain is the parent chain/hydrocarbon.  The name that indicates the number of carbon atoms in the parent chain/hydrocarbon becomes the alkane’s last name.
  2. Then, we identify all the substituent groups on the parent chain and number the carbon atoms of the parent chain from an end such that the substituents get the lowest number.
  3. If the same substituent is found more than once in the chain, the location of each point on which the substituent occurs should be given and the number of times the substituent group occurs in the chain is indicated by a prefix such as ‘di’ for 2 occurrence, ‘tri’ for 3, ‘tetra’ for 4, etc.
  4. If two or more different substituents are found in the chain, they are listed in alphabetical order.
  5. The substituents of the chain are named by replacing the ‘yl’ of the alkyl substituent name with ‘oxy.’

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Title Organic Chemistry 7 
Author Paula Yurkanis Bruice
ISBN 9781269406772

a. What is each ether’s systematic name? b. Do all of

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