astrogirl15 Posted November 17, 2008 Share Posted November 17, 2008 Is that an official name for CH? I know that NH3 is named Ammonia. I also know that NH3 is stable wheras CH isnt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainPanic Posted November 17, 2008 Share Posted November 17, 2008 CH is no existing chemical, but sometimes all the hydrocarbons are called "[math]C_x{H_y}[/math]". As you learned before in this thread, you can determine how many hydrogen you will need to make the carbon get its desired 8 electrons (like the nitrogen in ammonia). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astrogirl15 Posted November 17, 2008 Author Share Posted November 17, 2008 Thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hermanntrude Posted November 17, 2008 Share Posted November 17, 2008 I think your problem stems from your interpretation of the diagram in the other thread (apologies for cross-threading). You saw the diagram as a group of molecules joined to each other (you mentioned ammonia and CH and CH2). The trouble is that the diagram represents one single molecule, not a series of separate molecules joined together. So that's why it contains things like CH and CH2 which aren't stable on their own. As part of a larger molecule they can be very stable indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astrogirl15 Posted November 17, 2008 Author Share Posted November 17, 2008 okies that helps, thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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