[Mikez]

I was looking up the structure online but there's an R group that is in the middle of a bond on benezne. This makes no sense how is it that there's a bond that ends in the middle of nowhere?

thanks

[discodermolide]

I was looking up the structure online but there's an R group that is in the middle of a bond on benezne. This makes no sense how is it that there's a bond that ends in the middle of nowhere?

thanks

This is meant to indicate that the R substituent can be at any of the available places on the ring

[Mikez]

here's a picture of the molecule

http://www.lechem.com/images/Form_Aryl_B.gif

[Mikez]

thank you
+snack 

[discodermolide]

here's a picture of the molecule

http://www.lechem.com/images/Form_Aryl_B.gif

As I said this indicates that the R substituent can be at the ortho, meta or para position to the dialkylamine moiety.