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Offline illu5tri0us

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Nomenclature - di-, tri- VS Bis-, tris-
« on: January 23, 2007, 10:02:19 PM »
right now i'm taking the second part of inorganic chem in college and i'm just looking over some of the nomenclature for some of these metallic structures and i can't seem to understand the difference between:
di-, tri-, etc... and bis-, tris-, tetrakis-, etc.
i even see them used in one compound sometimes. can someone enlighten me?
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Re: Nomenclature - di-, tri- VS Bis-, tris-
« Reply #1 on: January 24, 2007, 06:35:37 PM »
it sometimes clears out ambiguities

you say bisphosphoglycerate if you are talking about glycerate with two phosphates
diphosphoglycerate would be glycerate with one biphosphate group

Bis(di-chloro-dimethyl-)benzene
you say bis so you don't have to say di twice


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Re: Nomenclature - di-, tri- VS Bis-, tris-
« Reply #2 on: January 24, 2007, 10:28:16 PM »
ah..

awesome! thanks
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