Esters

Identify the WHAT used to make the ester Carbon attached to ONLY ONE WHAT

Identify the ALCOHOL used to make the ester Carbon attached to ONLY ONE OXYGEN

Change the alcohol name to the corresponding WHAT name

Change the alcohol name to the corresponding ALKYL name

eg) Methanol would be METHYL

Identify the WHAT the ester was made from carbon attached to the DOUBLE bonded oxygen is the first of the carboxyl side

Identify the CARBOXYLIC ACID the ester was made from carbon attached to the DOUBLE bonded oxygen is the first of the carboxyl side

Drop the “oic acid“ and replace it with WHAT

Drop the “oic acid“ and replace it with “OATE“

Eg) Butanoic acid would become butanoate

Put the WHAT together with a WHAT in between

Put the TWO NAMES together with a SPACE in between

eg) methyl butanoate

You can have WHAT on esters…they follow the alphabetical rule, numbering begins at the WHAT end of the alcohol and the WHAT of the carboxylic acid

You can have BRANCHES on esters…they follow the alphabetical rule, numbering begins at the -O- end of the alcohol and the C=O of the carboxylic acid