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Naming of ethers including cyclic
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Organic Chemistry
Undergraduate 2
02/07/2015

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Common naming for ethers
Definition
Take the alkyl or aromatic group attached to the oxygen atom, write in alphabetical order.  End with "ether"
Term
IUPAC system for naming Ethers
Definition

Write the longest chain alkane

Name the oxygen and smaller alkyl group with "oxy"

Number the longer chain from the end nearest the alkoxyl

Term
Cyclic Ether with 2 carbons, one oxygen
Definition
Ethylene oxide
Term
Cyclic ether with 4 carbons, 1 oxygen, 2 double bonds
Definition
Furan
Term
Cyclic ether with 4 carbons, one oxygen
Definition
Tetrahydrofuran
Term
Cyclic ether with 4 carbon, one oxygen, two double bonds, one methyl group
Definition

#-methylfuran

Count from the Oxygen

Term
Unsaturated ether ring of 6 atoms, 2 double bonds
Definition

Pyran

(Pyran by itself has 2 double bonds)

Term
Pyran with no double bonds
Definition
Tetrahydropyran (THP)
Term
Pyran with a methyl group
Definition
#-methylpyran
Term
Cyclic ether containing 2 oxygen atoms in a ring of 6 atoms
Definition
#, # Dioxane
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