Naming Ethers and Amines

[ShitIZhard]

Please help me with this tihng here...

it says name the compound whose formulas are shown below.

I just dont know HOW to do it. LIke no idea... any tips or suggestions would be appreciated.

Thanks in advance,

PS: I attached the compound formula.

[Chemistry Tutor]

This will probably be a job for maddy as I am a little rusty on my naming. I'll try to look it up tonight if she doesn't get on.

[ChemHelper]

Hi there, maybe I'm missing something but I can't find your attachment. What did you attach it to? Also, just listing the formula could prove to be difficult if it's not written in a way that allows you to determine the connectivity of the atoms. Can you post pictures of the molecules in question? Thanks.

[maddy]

You want to start with as an acid.  The only acid you have there is proprionic acid, when you lose the acidic proton, it becomes proprionate (or propanoate, I can't remember, this compound is weird).  This proprionate is the end of naming your compound.  The hydrocarbon connected to the single bond of carbon-oxygen is an isobutyl group.  To put these together, you would call your compound isobutyl proprionate. 

As a note: I'm pretty sure the four carbon chain is isobutyl, but double check, it could just be named as 2-methylpropyl as well. 

[ShitIZhard]

thank you maddy. your answer was very helpful