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Offline Kaleyrvt

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structural formula for an amine
« on: February 14, 2007, 03:23:25 PM »
Hey everyone....
I have to draw the structural formaul for triethylamine
but I am having a hard time....

_?__--------N ------__?__
               ?
             __?__

I know it will have to look something like this and that the formula is (C2H6)3N
Can anybody help me??
Thanks a bunch
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Re: structural formula for an amine
« Reply #1 on: February 14, 2007, 03:29:44 PM »
Hint: you have three question marks in your structure and three identical groups in your formula.
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Re: structural formula for an amine
« Reply #2 on: February 14, 2007, 04:50:45 PM »
thats all!!???
Man I always make things more complicated than they need to be...lol
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Re: structural formula for an amine
« Reply #3 on: February 14, 2007, 11:54:18 AM »
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I know it will have to look something like this and that the formula is (C2H6)3N

Ethyl group is C2H5-
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