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Hubert

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A question abt the nomenclature
« on: July 12, 2005, 11:56:25 AM »
erm....got one more question...abt the nomenclature of organic compounds...we should name ethyl first rather then methyl right? errr, however if the the methyl is replaced by a dimethyl, which comes first...the dimethyl or ethyl? in this case should we use the alphabital order?...

sokem27

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Re:A question abt the nomenclature
« Reply #1 on: July 13, 2005, 10:59:43 AM »
Alphabetical order remains for prefixes such as methyl and ethyl, even with the di-, tri-, etc.  Therefore, dimethyl comes after ethyl.

Hubert

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Re:A question abt the nomenclature
« Reply #2 on: July 13, 2005, 12:32:39 PM »
yea....thanks a lot dude...

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