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Chemistry Forums for Students => High School Chemistry Forum => Topic started by: Punde on September 29, 2007, 04:39:36 PM

Title: IUPAC name for an ester
Post by: Punde on September 29, 2007, 04:39:36 PM

What's the IUPAC name for an ester that's formed when 2-Hydroxybenzoic acid (a carboxylic acid) and methanol (an alcohol) react with a catalyst? I can draw what the ester looks like, but I can't figure out how to name it. The best name I can think of is Methyl-2-Hydroxybenzoate. Is this name right?

Title: Re: IUPAC name for an ester
Post by: Yggdrasil on September 29, 2007, 11:18:34 PM

Extremely close.  Methyl 2-hydroxybenzoate is the correct name.