Dak Posted March 30, 2005 Posted March 30, 2005 whats the shorthand notation for saying, for example, "the second carbon in the molecule"? i know when speaking its "carbon two" but how do we wright this? ie, where does the little 2 go? or is it C-2 ? (i dont believe i forgot this )
dan19_83 Posted March 30, 2005 Posted March 30, 2005 If i'm not mistaken (and I probably am!) is it not C1- C2-C3.... where all the numbers are subscripts i.e the little 2!!
Dak Posted March 30, 2005 Author Posted March 30, 2005 [math] C_2, C_3, C_4 [/math] etc yeah, i thought so but for some reason it looked odd when i wrote it... still not sure. what if i wanted to say the ketone group that is based on the fourth carbon? that would look like [math] C_4O_2 [/math], which would be confusing neh? dus anyone know the notation?
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