your OO is on the number 1 carbon on the benzene, next to it attach the propyl to that carbon.
No, the propyl is not attached to the O.
see this as an example (not benzoate)
https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQg9YV1O1Y03tRB-CmfC5fHpqlkN23xu40johafuxMzl99k8oXfeg
where woudl i put the propyl in 2-propyl benzoate? i thought the propyl had to be attactched to the O and wouldnt that just be 1-propyl not 2?
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so would the benzene ring spot 1 have a double bonded O and a single bonded OH connected to it?