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Offline darkpeakjim

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Help naming compounds
« on: September 06, 2011, 06:42:21 AM »
1. What do you call Carbon with four hydroperoxide groups attached to it?

2. What do you call Glycoaldehyde (2-hydroxyacetaldehyde) if you replace the single bond between the Carbon atoms with a double bond (hence losing two of the Hydrogens)?

Any help would be much appreciated.

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Re: Help naming compounds
« Reply #1 on: September 06, 2011, 07:56:43 AM »
1. What do you call Carbon with four hydroperoxide groups attached to it?

2. What do you call Glycoaldehyde (2-hydroxyacetaldehyde) if you replace the single bond between the Carbon atoms with a double bond (hence losing two of the Hydrogens)?

Any help would be much appreciated.

Thanks

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Re: Help naming compounds
« Reply #2 on: September 06, 2011, 09:09:29 AM »
For number 2, look up how ketenes are named.

For number 1, I'd call it something to slowly back away from.
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Re: Help naming compounds
« Reply #3 on: September 06, 2011, 11:56:21 AM »
The second compound would tautomerize to glyoxal.

The first one's called tetrahydroperoxymethane, but, well, Honclbrif can back away slowly if he wants, I'd just get the hell out of there.

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