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Offline Punde

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IUPAC name for an ester
« 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?

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Re: IUPAC name for an ester
« Reply #1 on: September 29, 2007, 11:18:34 PM »
Extremely close.  Methyl 2-hydroxybenzoate is the correct name.

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