Naming crown ethers
The molecule above is a crown ether. They are named as
where
is the total number of atoms (except hydrogen) present in the ring and
is the number of oxygen atoms. For the above crown ether, what is the value of
?
The answer is 20.
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1 solution
For the above crown ether the total no. of carbon atoms = 1 0 and total no of oxygen atoms = 5 .Hence n = 1 0 + 5 and m = 5 so the name of the compound is 1 5 − c r o w n − 5