MCQ
The $IUPAC$ name of $C{H_3}COO{C_2}{H_5}$ will be
  • A
    Ethyl acetate
  • Ethyl ethanoate
  • C
    Methyl propanoate
  • D
    None of these

Answer

Correct option: B.
Ethyl ethanoate
b
The following compound is ester $R - COO - R ^{\prime}$ and the naming of ester are done on the basis of alkanoate group $\left( R - COO ^{-}\right)$and alkyl ( $\left.R ^{\prime}\right)$ combined to form ester.

The suffix for ester is "-oate". The full name of ester is like alkyl alkanoate. Thus the name of given compound is ethyl ethanoate.

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