Comments on: The Many, Many Ways of Drawing Butane https://www.masterorganicchemistry.com/2010/10/15/the-many-many-ways-to-draw-butane/ Tue, 13 Dec 2022 21:01:46 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 By: James Ashenhurst https://www.masterorganicchemistry.com/2010/10/15/the-many-many-ways-to-draw-butane/#comment-587174 Thu, 29 Oct 2020 14:58:38 +0000 http://masterorganicchemistry.wordpress.com/?p=995#comment-587174 In reply to Anne.

“Bu” . This would be n-butyl.

]]> By: Anne https://www.masterorganicchemistry.com/2010/10/15/the-many-many-ways-to-draw-butane/#comment-587090 Wed, 28 Oct 2020 14:50:08 +0000 http://masterorganicchemistry.wordpress.com/?p=995#comment-587090 How would you show a butyl abbreviation on an organic chain?

]]> By: Autymn D. C. https://www.masterorganicchemistry.com/2010/10/15/the-many-many-ways-to-draw-butane/#comment-6742 Sat, 27 Oct 2012 06:45:13 +0000 http://masterorganicchemistry.wordpress.com/?p=995#comment-6742 at|out (2D)
in|em (3D)
before|behind
toward|froward

Nothing’s worse about Et-Et.

]]> By: James https://www.masterorganicchemistry.com/2010/10/15/the-many-many-ways-to-draw-butane/#comment-569 Thu, 12 May 2011 12:49:03 +0000 http://masterorganicchemistry.wordpress.com/?p=995#comment-569 In reply to Derek Sawyer.

Ah! If you look at that carbon, it’s a stereocenter (attached to 4 different substituents). The squiggly line on the CH3 means that the compound is a mixture of the (S) form (where the CH3 points out of the page) and the (R) form (where the CH3 points into the page.

]]> By: Derek Sawyer https://www.masterorganicchemistry.com/2010/10/15/the-many-many-ways-to-draw-butane/#comment-568 Thu, 12 May 2011 07:05:34 +0000 http://masterorganicchemistry.wordpress.com/?p=995#comment-568 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Amphetamine-2D-skeletal.svg
Hey, was just wondering what the squiggly line branching out from the right-hand side represents.

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