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What would you name this dicarboxylic acid??

The following molecule: http://www.chemhume.co.uk/A2CHEM/Unit%201/5%20Nitrogen%20compounds/formation_of_polyamide_nylon.jpg is called Hexane-1,4-dioic acid.

I just want to know why it's called Hexane-1,4-dioic acid if there's 6 carbons. Which would be carbon 1 and 4 in this scenario?

Thanks in advance :smile:

:smile:

Original post by Akpanudo

The following molecule: http://www.chemhume.co.uk/A2CHEM/Unit%201/5%20Nitrogen%20compounds/formation_of_polyamide_nylon.jpg is called Hexane-1,4-dioic acid.

I just want to know why it's called Hexane-1,4-dioic acid if there's 6 carbons. Which would be carbon 1 and 4 in this scenario?

Thanks in advance :smile:

:smile:

It looks like a mistake. It probably should read Hexane-1,6-dioic acid.

Hexane-1.6-dioic acid

It's a mistake in the MS

OP

Original post by The_Top_Hat

It looks like a mistake. It probably should read Hexane-1,6-dioic acid.

Ah, it was driving me crazy. I thought so! Thanks for the help! :biggrin:

:biggrin:

spleenharvester

Looks like an error to me. Wouldn't be surprised, it looks like it came from one of the OCR textbooks, which are notoriously full of mistakes.

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