the "iso" should be taken into account when arranging the
substituents alphabetically. refer to pg. 133 of the text:
....you should disregard stucture-defining prefixes that separated from the
name by a hyphen (such as sec- or tert-).
Therefore, tert-butyl precedes ethyl, but ethyl precedes isobutyl.
terra
On Mon, 3 Mar 1997 kamperka@plu.edu wrote:
> no, the "iso" doesn't count when arranging substituents alphabetically, it
> gets ommitted just like "di" and "tri" do.
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> On Sun, 2 Mar 1997, Dane wrote:
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> > When naming a compound that contains an isopropyl- group,
> > does the "iso" count when arranging substituents alphabetically?
> >
> > gabe
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