Is Ether a Substituent
Now, the Common Way of Naming Ethers Is So Common That It’s Accepted by Iupac Nomenclature. but There Is an Iupac Way of Doing It for More Complicated...
Now, the common way of naming ethers is so common that it’s accepted by IUPAC nomenclature. But there is an IUPAC way of doing it for more complicated molecules, and that is to name your ether as a substituent, which we call an “alkoxy.” We’re going to name ethers as a substituent and then have a parent alkane.
How do you name compounds with substituents?
In summary, the name of the compound is written out with the substituents in alphabetical order followed by the base name (derived from the number of carbons in the parent chain). Commas are used between numbers and dashes are used between letters and numbers. There are no spaces in the name.
How do you name an alcohol substituent?
Alcohols are usually named by the first procedure and are designated by an -ol suffix, as in ethanol, CH3CH2OH (note that a locator number is unnecessary on a two-carbon chain). On longer chains the location of the hydroxyl group determines chain numbering. For example: (CH3)2C=CHCH(OH)CH3 is 4-methyl-3-penten-2-ol.
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