I'm having a hard time deciphering it's IUPAC name like I have 4-butanoxy and 3-propanoxy so far, but how do you put it all together with the double-bonded oxygen?
Thank you and really sorry for the trivial question here.
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1This is an acid derivative. Try to identify the acid first. – Loong Feb 24 '24 at 12:49
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The motif in the center is carbonic acid, hence your compound is a carbonate as for instance dimethyl carbonate. (Perhaps the BOC group is known to you as a protection of amines, too.)
To the left of the acid you have a butyl rest, to the right an ethyl. You sort them alphabetically, and hence name the compound butyl ethyl carbonate, CAS 30714-78-4.
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The CAS name list also allows ethyl butyl carbonate, without the alphabetical sorting. – Oscar Lanzi Feb 24 '24 at 14:40
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@OscarLanzi Perhaps equally allowed (as on the CAS site itself), true. On the other hand, a methyl and an ethyl group on atom 3 of a pentane - this is (preferred?) as 3-ethyl-3-methyl-pentane. The brief 4-page abstract of the Red Book names MEK as as ethyl methyl ketone, too (page 4, right hand column). – Buttonwood Feb 26 '24 at 21:01
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@idontknowhowtocode The Red Book (and other material about chemical nomenclature) is compiled in the resources page. – Buttonwood Feb 26 '24 at 21:03