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The IUPAC name of CH3COOC2H5 will be:

A
ethyl acetate
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ethyl ethanoate
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methyl propanoate
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none of the above
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Solution

The correct option is D ethyl ethanoate
The following compound is ester RCOOR and the naming of ester are done on the basis of alkanoate group (RCOO) and alkyl (R) combined to form ester.
The suffix for ester is "-oate". The full name of ester is like alkyl alkanoate.
Thus the name of given compound is ethyl ethanoate.

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