Recent content by mike.bayville

A friend suggested the following formula, but it does not look right to me... CH3-CH2-NH-O-C(=O)-CH2-CH2-CH=CH2 Any thoughts?

I agree with you! As a matter of fact, a Google search resulted in essentially one hit from 3 months ago on answers.yahoo.com and the person answering a question regarding the structural diagram of N-ethylpent-4-enoate came to the same conclusion you did. Now, when I asked the student...

A student I am tutoring has asked me to help him formulate a synthesis pathway for the compound N-ethylpent-4-enoate. I have spent countless hours trying to determine the structural formula for this compound without success. I must be missing something so obvious... Like leaves in a...