What is EtOH anyway?
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HotelCo
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Somebody in chat kept writing it as ^OH, which I really liked.
Here's something I'd like to chip in.
Meth = 1
Eth = 2
Prop = 3
But = 4
Pent = 5
Hex = 6
Hept = 7
Oct = 8
Non = 9
Dec = 10
-ane means it's a part of the alkane groups, just carbon and fully saturated with hydrogen atoms.
One carbon in METHane. Two carbons in ETHane. Three carbons in PROPane. Four carbons in BUTane. See a pattern? And see how the hydrogen atoms cover all sides of the molecule? That's what I meant by fully saturated.
I haven't seen anybody mentioned that iso, like in isopropyl alcohol, stands for isomer. That's when it can have the same written chemical formula, but different structures. Numbers will be a part of the name to indicate (which carbon) atom the function group is attached to e.g., phosphatidylinositol 4,5-biphosphate or fructose 1,6-biphosphate are two examples.
Here's something I'd like to chip in.
Meth = 1
Eth = 2
Prop = 3
But = 4
Pent = 5
Hex = 6
Hept = 7
Oct = 8
Non = 9
Dec = 10
-ane means it's a part of the alkane groups, just carbon and fully saturated with hydrogen atoms.
One carbon in METHane. Two carbons in ETHane. Three carbons in PROPane. Four carbons in BUTane. See a pattern? And see how the hydrogen atoms cover all sides of the molecule? That's what I meant by fully saturated.
I haven't seen anybody mentioned that iso, like in isopropyl alcohol, stands for isomer. That's when it can have the same written chemical formula, but different structures. Numbers will be a part of the name to indicate (which carbon) atom the function group is attached to e.g., phosphatidylinositol 4,5-biphosphate or fructose 1,6-biphosphate are two examples.
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Well you covered the first day of O-chem.