Carbocylic acid and Ethers

Carboxylic Acids are 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"