Is there any formula to count isomers of any compound?Suppose,I want to know how many isomers does ethanol have?How i can count the isomers in a very short time?
2006-08-04 00:21:45 · 2 answers · asked by star123 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
Isomers= ethanol (also called ethyl alcohol), CH3CH2OH, a colorless liquid alcohol; the other is dimethyl ether, CH3OCH3, a colorless gaseous ether.
I don't think there is a formula.
2006-08-04 00:29:53 · answer #1 · answered by kano7_1985 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
you should draw all of them out. for this reason, start up via drawing all plausible carbon skeletons after which looking the style of (OH)2 derivatives of each and every. you should look carefully, so as to no longer count huge style the comparable isomer two times. The carbon skeleton probability is: C-C-C-C-C ....C ....| C-C-C-C ....C ....| C-C-C ....| ...C The final one is easy, by using fact there is in basic terms one risk: .............CH3 ..............| HO-CH2-C-CH2-OH ..............| ..............CH3
2016-12-14 19:14:16 · answer #2 · answered by niederberger 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋