Hey smarties... (Ochem)

[.David.]

name this for me.

O OH OH OH

// // // //

OH - C - C - C - C = O

2-3-Dihydroxy-1-5-dicarboxybutane?

 

[grubix2]

Well first off the name you gave is wrong (i'm assuming typo). Remember it's a 4 carbon chain so it can't be 1,5 substituted obviously.

I believe you are right and the IUPAC name for the molecule would be:

2,3-dihydroxy-1,4-dicarboxybutane

I believe carboxylic acids take priority over glycols (2 adjacent hydroxyl groups).

Weird molecule though.

 

[Mod]

hah I'm in chemistry and I haven't seen anything like that.

 

[user098123]

Are you in Organic Chemistry? Cause orgo is an entirely different ballgame..

 

[Mod]

No but I thought since I was in chemsitry I might actually have some sort of clue, guess not.

 

[B-Hops]

Do you have oxygen with a double bond to carbon and a single bond to hydrogen? I can't figure out your drawing

 

[.David.]

The drawing got a little bit messed up..

It turned out to be Tartaric acid..

 

[Myke]

Tartar sauce?

 

[GFELLER.]

its a complicated way to say Water

 

[D-Sizzle]

because there's lost of carbon in water. go to school

 

[GFELLER.]

oh foolies, your right.

I now know, its a Carbowater, otherwise known as a Carburetor.

Yup, it seems you have a good old fashion Carb on your hands. If I were you, I would figure out where it came from, Im sure some ol' engine misses it.

Now a test for you whats:

...E....

../.\...

.F...I..

Thats right, Electronic Fuel Injection. It was discovered more recently than the Carbowater chain and has yieled higher effiency, so it is still being bonded today.

It's amazing what chemistry has taught us.