but chemists use 1,3-dimethylcycloheptan-1-ol, too, maybe because its easier to imagine (numbering of more complicated ring systems is hell!)
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i know, right? i sent some structures to ChemAbstracts services for the correct names (at $10 each) and they all came back inconsistent with each other ) :
It is always amazing - the deeper you get into maths and science, the more you realize how inconsistent it often is! Humanity seems to be unable to create something really consistent.
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well i think it's difficult and simply takes a very long time and maybe needs a lot of different viewpoints.
TODAY WE ARE DOING THE GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY AND REFRACTIVE INDEX LABS... BUT FIRST A POP QUIZ ON THE FUNCTIONAL GROUPS, ALSO... WHO CAN DRAW (1,3) DIMETHYL CYCLOHEPTAN-1-OL? I'M JUST KIDDING WE ARE GONNA GET HIGH.
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