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Title: What does the 3 in 3-carene stand for?
Post by: rain81388 on March 29, 2019, 08:27:04 PM
What does the 3 in 3-carene stand for?
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Title: Re: What does the 3 in 3-carene stand for?
Post by: Mitch on March 29, 2019, 08:54:12 PM
The number signifies the position of the double bond.

3-carene
CC1=CCC2C(C1)C2(C)C

2-carene
CC1=CC2C(C2(C)C)CC1

4-carene
CC1CC2C(C2(C)C)C=C1