Organic Chemistry - Standalone book
Organic Chemistry - Standalone book
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ISBN: 9780073511214
Author: Francis A Carey Dr., Robert M. Giuliano
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 25.5, Problem 5P
Interpretation Introduction

Interpretation:

The structural formula for cetyl palmitate having systematic name as hexadecyl hexadecanoate is to be written.

Concept introduction:

The ester resembles with carboxylic acid except the hydroxyl group replaced by alkoxy group.

In systematic nomenclature of ester, the group bonded to oxygen of alkoxy group is considered as alkyl substituent and named first. The carbon chain containing carbonyl group is named with the ending “oate.”

The graphical representation of the molecular structure knows as structural formula of chemical compound.

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