More Functional Groups

Carboxylic Acids


- Carboxylic acids are formed by the function group (The "R" means it's a chain)

- Use standard rules but change the parent changing ending to -oic acid
- The simplest carboxylic acid is methanoic acid



Eg.

3 Chloro, 3 methyl, butanoic acid

                     Cl      O                  
                       |       | |                  
                      / \     /  \                
                    /     \ /      \
                                  OH

Ethers

- An Ether contains an oxyegen group connected to two alkyl (carbon) chains
- Name the small alkyl group first, then the second alkyl group followed by the Ether.




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