Dak Posted March 30, 2005 Share Posted March 30, 2005 whats the shorthand notation for saying, for example, "the second carbon in the molecule"? i know when speaking its "carbon two" but how do we wright this? ie, where does the little 2 go? or is it C-2 ? (i dont believe i forgot this ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan19_83 Posted March 30, 2005 Share Posted March 30, 2005 If i'm not mistaken (and I probably am!) is it not C1- C2-C3.... where all the numbers are subscripts i.e the little 2!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dak Posted March 30, 2005 Author Share Posted March 30, 2005 [math] C_2, C_3, C_4 [/math] etc yeah, i thought so but for some reason it looked odd when i wrote it... still not sure. what if i wanted to say the ketone group that is based on the fourth carbon? that would look like [math] C_4O_2 [/math], which would be confusing neh? dus anyone know the notation? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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