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A strawberry nutritional drink used for a liquid diet is flavored with methyl butanoate. Draw the structure of methyl butanoate.

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See explanation and image attached

Step-by-step explanation:

Methyl butanoate is an ester. Esters have the general molecular formula, RCOOR where the two Rs may represent the same or different alkyl groups.

Methyl butanoate is has a fruity odor, smelling like apples or pineapples fragrance. It is also called methyl butyrate.

The structure of the compound is shown in the image attached to this answer.

A strawberry nutritional drink used for a liquid diet is flavored with methyl butanoate-example-1
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