MORE FUNCTIONAL GROUPS: CARBOXYLIC ACIDS AND ETHERS

Carboxylic Acids

-formed by the functional group:

 

-this is also the simplest Carboxylic Acids called METHANOIC ACID

-use standard rules but change the parent chain ending to "-oic acid"

Ethers

-an Ether contains an oxygen group connected to 2 alkyl (carbon) chains

-name the smaller alkyl group first, then the second alkyl group followed by "ether"