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OK i can't get the answer to this question:
an ester can be formed by reacting butanoic acid with propanol. What is the condesned structural formual and name of the ester. I understand how do get the name but can't get the structural formula.
Otay thanks.
 

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you draw the butanioic acid and propanol, then the OH from the butanoic acid reacts with the OH of the propanol, creating a water molecule and linking the others with an oxygen.

C-C-C-C*-O-C-C-C
With hydrogens filling the spaces and a double bonded O of the c*
 

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the products are propyl butanoate and water...structural formula?

1. draw the "coo" functional group.
2. ON THE OXYGEN WITH SINGLE BOND WITH THE CARBON, attach a propyl group (propane with end hydrogen removed)
3. on the other side of the carbon (the one that was in the functional group) draw a butyl group which incorporates the carbon of the functional group...

ok i will draw it up for u in paint to clarify this gimme a sec
 

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you got the name right?

the ester formed is: propyl butanoate

okay... let's do some drawing...

CH3CH2CH2C=O
___________-OH
(my butanoic acid)

CH3CH2CH2-O-H (my 1-propanol)

now here is the combined products:

CH3CH2C=O
________-O-CH2CH2CH3
(my propyl butanoate)

notice how the left side is the butanoic acid bit and the right hand side is the propanol bit (flipped around)... btw, interesting sidenote, water is also produced in esterification, -OH of the acid combines with H- from the alkanol to become H2O.
 
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wilson, next time save your monochrome pics in gif format... save some loading time...
 

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really is that so? i thought they took up same space? oh well ill keep that in mind thanks
 

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how come u guys can upload pictures?~?~?! =P boooo....
BoS won't let me upload anything bigger than 1b?!?~~
 

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yewon, he's not uploading to BoS... he uploaded it to another server you realise... it's just a link... ;)
 

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notice i didnt upload it to BOS, i uploaded to my free web space at www.hustler.org cos BOS is getting ovverrun by crammers, and the server is laggy
 

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