Topic: What is the name of this compound? (Read 2472 times)

bimmer3 · « **on:** December 03, 2013, 12:32:59 PM »

See attached, thanks

discodermolide · « **Reply #1 on:** December 03, 2013, 12:35:09 PM »

What have you come up with so far?

Archer · « **Reply #2 on:** December 03, 2013, 01:42:36 PM »

This radical is likely to cause you some issues

C1(=C)CCCC1

Can you name it? What other functional groups are present?

elCHUPP · « **Reply #3 on:** December 04, 2013, 08:17:55 PM »

This will definitely help:

I'm throwing out a guess here:

2-(2-phenylmethylidine)-1-propoxylcyclopentan-1-ol

discodermolide · « **Reply #4 on:** December 04, 2013, 08:28:21 PM »

A phenyl methyl group is usually referred to as benzyl.

organicdave · « **Reply #5 on:** December 05, 2013, 06:45:40 PM »

(E)-2-benzylidene-1-propoxycyclopentanol

This is a benzylidene: