Re: isopropyl- group

Gabriel D. Charbonneau (charbogd@plu.edu)
Mon, 03 Mar 1997 14:29:16 -0800 (PST)

Actually, Dave Weinmann was right, the "iso" does count. Look on page
133: "tert-butyl precedes ethyl, but ethyl precedes isobutyl". If the
"iso" didn't count, butyl precedes ethyl alphabetically and isobutyl
would come first.

gabe

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.
>
> 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?
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> > gabe
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