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Title: What would this organic molecule be called?
Post by: redbaron on May 27, 2006, 08:31:33 PM

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I was thinking something with 1,2 Dimethylheptane, but a search yields no google results- any ideas?

Title: Re: What would this organic molecule be called?
Post by: letk0 on May 27, 2006, 08:39:21 PM

3-methyl-2-phenyloctane

Title: Re: What would this organic molecule be called?
Post by: redbaron on May 27, 2006, 09:01:32 PM

Quote from: letk0 on May 27, 2006, 08:39:21 PM

3-methyl-2-phenyloctane

Thanks- one more question though. What if it didn't have the benzene molecule at the end, would it just be 2,3 dimethyloctane?

Title: Re: What would this organic molecule be called?
Post by: Will on May 27, 2006, 09:43:12 PM

Without the benzene ring it would just be 3-methyloctane.

Title: Re: What would this organic molecule be called?
Post by: FeLiXe on May 28, 2006, 07:12:31 AM

you have to look for the longest chain even if it is not drawn straight