A question I was doing asked for an optically active ester isomer of C6H12O2
The only answer on the mark scheme was methyl 2-methylbutanoate (think that's named correctly)
But could it be 1-methylpropylethanoate too? The chiral carbon is just on the other side of the COO ester group but it has the same molecular formular and I'm pretty sure it's optically active
A question I was doing asked for an optically active ester isomer of C6H12O2
The only answer on the mark scheme was methyl 2-methylbutanoate (think that's named correctly)
But could it be 1-methylpropylethanoate too? The chiral carbon is just on the other side of the COO ester group but it has the same molecular formular and I'm pretty sure it's optically active