Re: TOJC

Craig Fryhle (fryhle@u.washington.edu)
Mon, 23 Sep 1996 21:50:50 -0700 (PDT)

The "R"est of the story... In the original meaning, R meant "radical",
which meant any carbon-containing group. Now, forget the word radical in
this context, because nowadays we use the term radical to mean a compound
with an unpaired electron (see chapter 9)

Cheerio, CBF

On Mon, 23 Sep 1996, Hunter M wrote:

>
> I'm not 100% sure on this one but I think (famous last words) that "R"
> just kinda means "Rest of the molecule." :)
>
>
> On Mon, 23 Sep 1996 lillywhm@PLU.edu wrote:
>
> > To the people who presented today, you did a great job!
> > Now on with buisness. I am a bit confused about what the "R" groups
> > are. Am I correct in thinking that they do not have to be the groups
> > mentioned in the book? So the R-O-R structure will not necessarily have
> > an R group that I can look up in the book and actually know what it is.
> >
> > Hope
> >
>

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