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Offline dkssudgktpdy

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Do you call this structure "glycol"?
« on: October 15, 2011, 06:44:14 PM »
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Do you call this structure "glycol"?

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Re: Do you call this structure "glycol"?
« Reply #1 on: October 15, 2011, 06:49:36 PM »
Yes,

A quick google search confirmed that the structure was glycol or Ethylene glycol.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethylene_glycol

1,2-Ethanediol is its thematic name.

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Re: Do you call this structure "glycol"?
« Reply #2 on: October 15, 2011, 06:52:39 PM »
thank you

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Re: Do you call this structure "glycol"?
« Reply #3 on: October 15, 2011, 07:02:25 PM »
If you are assuming that all those lines attached to the carbon are connected to hydrogens, it is glycol (more formally ethylene glycol or 1,2-ethanediol as Goala said). If this is a general view where the carbons could be attached to anything, this functional group is usually referred to as a 1,2-diol or as an a,b-diol

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