This is the structure: CH3C=OCH3, this is propanone. Why does it have 'propan' with it when there's a double bond, shouldn't it have 'ene' in somewhere? Why is there no number to indicate where the double bond is? I think it'd make more sense if it was prop-2-ene-one or something.
This is the structure: CH3C=OCH3, this is propanone. Why does it have 'propan' with it when there's a double bond, shouldn't it have 'ene' in somewhere? Why is there no number to indicate where the double bond is? I think it'd make more sense if it was prop-2-ene-one or something.
It doesn't have a double bond between two carbon atoms (the requirement for an alkene), it has a carbonyl group, C=O.
The longest chain is three carbons = prop- The functional group = carbonyl (in the middle of the chain), suffix -anone.
This is the structure: CH3C=OCH3, this is propanone. Why does it have 'propan' with it when there's a double bond, shouldn't it have 'ene' in somewhere? Why is there no number to indicate where the double bond is? I think it'd make more sense if it was prop-2-ene-one or something.
Ketones have a C=O group and end in the suffix -one.
3 Carbons = propan so overall, propanone.
The reason there is no number is because the middle is the only position the C=O bond could be in for it to be a ketone. If it was on the first or third carbon it would be an aldehyde instead.