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![**Identify each of the following compounds to be or not to be an ester.**
**a)**
Structure:
\[ \text{OCH}_3 \]
\[ \text{CH}_3\text{CH}_2\text{CHOCH}_2\text{CH}_3 \]
Options:
- ○ an ester
- ○ not an ester
**b)**
Structure:
Benzene ring with the following substituent:
\[ \text{C}\text{OOC}\text{H}_3 \]
Options:
- ○ an ester
- ○ not an ester
**c)**
Structure:
\[ \text{H-C=O} \]
\[ \text{OCH}_2\text{CH}_3 \]
Options:
- ○ an ester
- ○ not an ester
**d)**
Structure:
\[ \text{HO-CH-C-O-CH}_3 \]
Methyl group on central carbon:
\[ \text{CH}_3 \]
Options:
- ○ an ester
- ○ not an ester
**e)**
Structure:
\[ \text{OH} \]
\[ \text{CH}_3\text{CH}_2\text{CHOCH}_2\text{CH}_3 \]
Options:
- ○ an ester
- ○ not an ester](https://content.bartleby.com/qna-images/question/08dd72a0-e666-4913-a35d-774fce6043fd/14b2728e-0ddd-4e82-9aab-0a2b030e0b14/jlujjr_thumbnail.png)
Transcribed Image Text:**Identify each of the following compounds to be or not to be an ester.**
**a)**
Structure:
\[ \text{OCH}_3 \]
\[ \text{CH}_3\text{CH}_2\text{CHOCH}_2\text{CH}_3 \]
Options:
- ○ an ester
- ○ not an ester
**b)**
Structure:
Benzene ring with the following substituent:
\[ \text{C}\text{OOC}\text{H}_3 \]
Options:
- ○ an ester
- ○ not an ester
**c)**
Structure:
\[ \text{H-C=O} \]
\[ \text{OCH}_2\text{CH}_3 \]
Options:
- ○ an ester
- ○ not an ester
**d)**
Structure:
\[ \text{HO-CH-C-O-CH}_3 \]
Methyl group on central carbon:
\[ \text{CH}_3 \]
Options:
- ○ an ester
- ○ not an ester
**e)**
Structure:
\[ \text{OH} \]
\[ \text{CH}_3\text{CH}_2\text{CHOCH}_2\text{CH}_3 \]
Options:
- ○ an ester
- ○ not an ester
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