Pls answer faststructure: CH3 |CH3-CH2-CH-COOC2H5

1.	Pls answer faststructure: CH3 \|CH3-CH2-CH-COOC2H5
Answer» They are NAMED as such ACCORDING to the ACID moiety so that CH3COOC2H5 is ethyl ethanoate, CH3CH2COOC2H5 is ethyl propanoate, CH3CH2CH2COOC2H5 is ethyl butanoate etc. The COOC2H5 moiety is just specifying that the COMPOUND is an ethyl ester.

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