Talk:Ethyl acetate
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It is listed here as "acetic acid ethyl ester". That is a common name, but since "chemical name" links to the IUPAC nomenclature article, shouldn't it use the IUPAC name, which I believe to be ethyl ethanoate? This would remain in line, of course, with IUPAC's preference of eth- over acet-,—ethanal against acetoaldehyde, ethanoic acid over acetic acid, and so forth.
Of course, we'll still always refer to it as ethyl acetate, no matter what IUPAC says. — Doshea3 21:15, 9 July 2005 (UTC)