Question

An ester has the molecular formula C3H6O2. Name and give the structural formulae of two esters with the molecular formula C3H6O2.

Answer 1

Answer:

CH3-C-0-CH3=Methly acetate

H-C-0-CH2=Ethyl formate

Answer 2

Answer:

CH3[COO]CH3 (basically methyl ethanoate) (an ester)

Explanation:

well methyl ethanoate is formed from the reaction between methanol (an alcohol) and ethanoic acid (a carboxylic acid)

can form methyl ethanoate : CH3{OH} + CH3COO{H} and the { } represent the atoms that will be lost and form water...

remaining is CH3[COO]CH3 because remember in writing the structural formula for an ester, the functional group [COO] stays between the CH3 and the other CH3 {basically between the alcohol and the carboxylic acid}