Question

Name the following ethers:

a)

Short answer

(a) The name of the given ether is Diisopropyl ether.

Step-by-step solution

Ethers

Ethers are the compounds having an oxygen atom in the centre, and on the two sides, alkoxy groups are present, represented as R-O-R.Here, R is the alkoxy groups attached. An example of ether is ethyl methyl ether or methoxyethane.

The name of the ether

a) The two isopropyl ($\mathrm{R}=\mathrm{CH}{\left({\mathrm{CH}}_3\right)}_2$) groups are attached to O of ether in the given compound. Thus, the name of the ether is Diisopropyl ether.

Diisopropyl ether