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Naming an alkane
« on: February 03, 2017, 06:16:31 AM »
Is it 3-ethyl 2-methyl butane or 2-ethyl 3-methylbutane  :-[

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Re: Naming an alkane
« Reply #1 on: February 03, 2017, 06:45:54 AM »
Find the longest chain.
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Re: Naming an alkane
« Reply #2 on: February 03, 2017, 07:23:50 AM »
Even SMILES prepared from your bad names - CC(C)C(CC)C or  CC(CC)C(C)C are correctly drawed by our Forum SMILES converter.
CC(C)C(CC)C   CC(CC)C(C)C
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Re: Naming an alkane
« Reply #3 on: February 03, 2017, 11:32:38 AM »
The prefixes should be in alphabetical order.

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Re: Naming an alkane
« Reply #4 on: February 03, 2017, 12:54:11 PM »
The prefixes should be in alphabetical order.
There is only one type of substituent.
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Re: Naming an alkane
« Reply #5 on: February 03, 2017, 12:55:57 PM »
Of course, stupid of me. But where different substituents are required, they should be alphabetised.

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