Draw a condensed structure and a skeletal structure for each of the following compounds: a. sec-butyl tert-butyl ether e. 5-(1,2-dimethylpropyl)nonane i. 3-ethoxy-2-methylhexane b. isoheptyl alcohol f. triethylamine j. 5-(1,2-dimethylpropyl)nonane c. sec-butylamine g. 4-(1,1-dimethylethyl)heptane k. 3,4-dimethyloctane d. isopentyl bromide h. 5,5-dibromo-2-methyloctane l. 4-(1-methylethyl)nonane
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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
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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:
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- If two or more different substituents are found in the chain, they are listed in alphabetical order.
- The substituents of the chain are named by replacing the ‘yl’ of the alkyl substituent name with ‘oxy.’
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