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Title: What is this?
Post by: ilikeanimals12334 on June 25, 2015, 05:26:32 AM
I have this hydrocarbon which is the shape of benzene, has CH CH CH CH HC and C with a H3C branching off at the C, sorry I don't know how to insert an image :/

Anyways I labeled this as Toluene but toluene is CH3 not HC3, help? If someone could tell me how to insert image it would be easier.
Title: Re: What is this?
Post by: Arkcon on June 25, 2015, 05:29:09 AM
Why is -CH3 not H3C-?  What is the difference?  I'm left wondering, how would you draw them differently.
Title: Re: What is this?
Post by: ilikeanimals12334 on June 25, 2015, 05:33:43 AM
Is h3c and ch3 not two completely different things?.
Title: Re: What is this?
Post by: ilikeanimals12334 on June 25, 2015, 05:34:36 AM
So then is 3-methylhexane correct or not?
Title: Re: What is this?
Post by: ilikeanimals12334 on June 25, 2015, 05:36:14 AM
SORRY NOT METHYLHEXANE :/ Toluene, wrong post, is toluene correct or not
Title: Re: What is this?
Post by: Enthalpy on June 26, 2015, 01:02:23 PM
What would bring the OP forward is debug the -CH3 versus H3C-. Whether toluene or not is less useful. Anyway, here's toluene displayed by its Smiles Cc1ccccc1:
Cc1ccccc1