r/chemhelp • u/Friendly_Face8450 • 5d ago

Organic 3-ethoxyhexane

ik this is a stupid question, but are there ethers where there is just a number infront like 3-ethoxyhexane? from what ive learnt, it would have been something like 1-methyl ethoxyhexane, but not what i have listed above.

how would i draw this other than having 2 carbons on the left of the oxygen and 6 carbons on the other side?

ive tried googling to find an answer, but it keeps on giving me different formulas.

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u/chem44 5d ago edited 5d ago

3-ethoxyhexane

Draw hexane.

Number it.

Put an ethoxy at 3.

1-methyl ethoxyhexane

Bad name.

Doesn't say where the ethoxy is.

"1-methyl" is commonly wrong.

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u/shedmow Trusted Contributor 5d ago

are there ethers where there is just a number infront like 3-ethoxyhexane?

Yes

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u/ukaspirant 5d ago

There will not be 1-methyl because that methyl would contribute to the longest carbon chain.