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posted by  georgie on 5/15/2008 6:41:21 PM  |  status: Closed  

best name for compound 10-1

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posted by PubStomp on 5/15/2008 6:57:01 PM  |  status: Live
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pretty sure its C there is the ketone with the C=O and 4 C groups making it butyl and a ethyl
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posted by KLaU on 5/15/2008 10:02:37 PM  |  status: Live
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The answer is a. ethyl isobutyl ketone (the group to the right of the C=O is an ethyl group and the group to the left an isobutyl group CH3CH3CHCH2-)
Note: sec-butyl has the same molecular formula as isobutyl, but the bond is at the CH-, CH3CH3CH(-)CH2)

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posted by brownkid on 5/28/2008 11:28:49 AM  |  status: Live
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