Question

Name the following compound.

• A. Amidomethyl propanoate
• B. butanamide
• C. methyl propyl amide
• D. N-methyl propanamide

Answer 1

The correct option is D N-methyl propanamide

To name this tricky one, we will first have to realize that the $-C{H}_3$ that is attached to the amide has to be treated like a substituent on the amide.

And such substituents are named like N-methyl or N-ethyl to avoid confusion with normal substituents.

The suffix is still amide. Word root would be prop

So, name is N-methyl propanamide