Meaning of "iso..."

Craig Fryhle (fryhle@u.washington.edu)
Sun, 22 Sep 1996 21:40:38 -0700 (PDT)

Hi, folks. Have a look at how the prefix "iso" is used in naming
compounds. It generally indicates that a CH3 group is attached at the
next to the last carbon of a chain where the *total* number of carbons
what is indicated by the compound name (not the number of carbons in the
longest chain, which is how IUPAC rules define the parent name).

CBF

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