So the molecule is hydroxymethyl ethanoate?
Oooohh only singlets ok. Ah that makes so much more sense!
Integration of the three peaks?? Yeah you're going to step that one out too... (I swear, my brain just deleted all this stuff)
Is that to do with the relative ratios of peak height of hydrogen; as in 3:2:1 because there is a CH3, CH2, OH, respectively?
The naming is correct. You are correct for the integration as well, its the ratio of the number of protons in each environment.
I'm pretty sure at VCE level they're not expected to name the ester of a diol?
I'm not too sure.
In the study design it says 'IUPAC systematic naming of organic compounds up to C8 with no more than two functional groups for a molecule, limited to non-cyclic hydrocarbons, haloalkanes, primary amines, alcohols (primary, secondary,
tertiary), carboxylic acids and non-branched esters.'
I guess it wouldn't be any different than a hydroxylated alkene.