Give structure of octyl pentyl ether

Question

Please help me 

 

Answer 1

Hi Jessica.

 

This is just my best guess, but....

 

An ether is a chemical compound with the structure:

 

R-O-R

 

Octyl is an eight-carbon chain just like methyl, or ethyl, or propyl, etc.

 

Pentyl is a five-carbon chain.

 

So your structure would look like:

 

\/\/\O/\/\/\/\

 

5 C on one side, 8 C on the other.

 

Hope that makes sense (and is right...)!