Draw the structural formulas of the following compounds:
c. 2-Methoxy-2-methylpropane

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Draw the structural formulas of the following compounds:

c. 2-Methoxy-2-methylpropane

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All right. Hi, everyone. So this question is asking us what is the structural formula of one oxy two methyl propane? Now to start off when it comes to any question like this, where we are drawing a structure based on a name, I always like to start backwards, right? I'll first look at the information provided on the right side of the name and then move towards the left side. So in this case, the reason I do this is because this gives me information as to what the parent chain looks like and then I can proceed with any substituents. So the first bit of information that I've underlined is the name propane. Now propane indicates that I have a three carbon chain present in this molecule. So that's the first thing I will draw here. So now that I know what the parent chain looks like, I can go ahead and proceed with substituents. Now because I have two numbers in the name of this compound, I can tell that there are two substituents in total. I have one oxy group on carbon, one of the parent chain and a methyl group on carbon two of the perry chain. Now, before we talk about what an epoxy group looks like, I'm going to first go ahead and install the methyl group. So that's a one carbon substituent branching off of carbon two of the parent chain. But now let's talk about what the oxy group looks like. No, the eth in epoxy sounds very similar to an ethel group, right? And that's because there is a two carbon chain involved in this substituent. But the difference here is the suffix oxy or oxy instead of having a two carbon chain attached to carbon one in as an ethel group, an epoxy group indicates that it is oxygen connecting to the carbon of the parent chain. So from carbon, one of the parent chain goes a carbon oxygen bond and then it is this oxygen here attaching to my parent chain that has an eel substituent. So this right here is the main difference between an ethyl or an ocho group and an eth or alcoy group, right? In an alcoy group, oxygen is connecting to the parrot chain and then that oxygen has its own alko substituent. So that's the main point to keep in mind. Now, with that being said, this is going to be our final answer. And we can see that our compound here, one oxy two methyl propane was, in fact, an ether. Now ethers are ethers are unique in the sense that it's more common to see an ether be referred to by a common name, as opposed to an Iupac name, like the one we work through in this question because instead of relying on an Iupac name, then a lot of the times Ether can be referred to by listing the ocho groups attached to either side of the carbon, followed by the word ether. But in this case, we could see the differences between that approach and the Iupac naming approach where the smaller carbon chain is treated as an oxy substituent grouped with the ether oxygen. And so with that being said, thank you so very much for watching. And I hope you found this helpful.

Draw the structural formulas of the following compounds:
c. 2-Methoxy-2-methylpropane

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Draw the structural formulas of the following compounds:c. 2-Methoxy-2-methylpropane

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Draw the structural formulas of the following compounds:
c. 2-Methoxy-2-methylpropane