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Offline Bassel

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Isopropyl
« on: October 10, 2013, 06:02:43 AM »
How is the Isopropyl named methylethyl???
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       CH-CH3
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       CH3

How if we combine CH and CH3=> we will have Ethene (C2H4) and Methane (CH3)
HOW COME THEY BECOME methYL ethyl ???

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Re: Isopropyl
« Reply #1 on: October 10, 2013, 06:15:00 AM »
C2H4 is the molecular formula (you are correct that it is the molecular forumla for ethene but it is also given the trivial name of ethylene when it is CH2-CH2), it gives no indication of structure. By your logic CH3 should not be methane, methane is CH4.

What you have is CHCH3 which is a substituted ethyl group by IUPAC rules.
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