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[230RN]

Methyl group?

Yeah, the "R."  "R" is the standard shorthand for any CH_n chain.  Methyl, -CH₃, is the shortest one.  The next one up is "ethyl," -C₂H₅, then "propyl," then "butyl," and so on.   IIRC, these are called "aliphatics," and with many Cs, an "aliphatic chain," but yer talkin' 65+ year old memory from this old coot.

Terry

[K Frame]

Yeah, the "R."  "R" is the standard shorthand for any CH_n chain.  Methyl, -CH₃, is the shortest one.  The next one up is "ethyl," C₂ H₅, then "propyl," then "butyl," and so on.

Interesting. I didn't know that. Of course, I barely passed 11th grade high school chemistry.... but mostly that had to do with several large flashes and clouds of smoke... No one can remember hearing any explosions, but we were all deaf afterwards, so it didn't really matter...

[230RN]

Interesting. I didn't know that. Of course, I barely passed 11th grade high school chemistry.... but mostly that had to do with several large flashes and clouds of smoke... No one can remember hearing any explosions, but we were all deaf afterwards, so it didn't really matter...

You tickled my memory and made me grin.... remind me to tell you about the time someone snuck a few drops of ether in that good old lycopodium dust 'splosion experiment.

Suffice to say the 'splosive "yield" from the ether was far greater than the 'splosive "yield" from the lycopodium.  Ref, if you will, "Fuel-Air-Explosive."

[K Frame]

Trust me, I've had more than my fair share of fun with FAEs... My best friend and I growing up had a very great propensity for blowing *expletive deleted*it up.

Fortunately they lived on a farm. I'm sure the crap we did wouldn't have gone over quite so well at my place, which was in town.