A strawberry nutritional drink used for a liquid diet is flavored with methyl butanoate. Draw the structure of methyl butanoate.
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Answer:
See explanation and image attached
Explanation:
Methyl butanoate is an ester. Esters have the general molecular formula, RCOOR where the two Rs may represent the same or different alkyl groups.
Methyl butanoate is has a fruity odor, smelling like apples or pineapples fragrance. It is also called methyl butyrate.
The structure of the compound is shown in the image attached to this answer.
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Answer:
I
Explanation:
The complete question can be seen in the image attached.
We need to understand what is actually going on here. In the first step that yields product A, the sodamide in liquid ammonia attacks the alkyne and abstracts the acidic hydrogen of the alkyne. The second step is a nucleophilic attack of the C6H5C≡C^- on the alkyl halide to yield product B (C6H5C≡C-CH3CH2).
Partial reduction of B using the Lindlar catalyst leads to syn addition of hydrogen to yield structure I as the product C.
