how do you write out structural formulas of more complex compounds?
i'm specifically asking if a dicarboxylic acid/ion would be written like:
1. HOOCRCOOH
or
2.COOHRCOOH
and i was also wondering how you would draw a displayed formula of something like sodium ethanoate since we cant draw a line for the O,Na bond since it's ionic
1. HOOCRCOOH
or
2.COOHRCOOH
and i was also wondering how you would draw a displayed formula of something like sodium ethanoate since we cant draw a line for the O,Na bond since it's ionic
For the dicarboxylic, I would rite it as the first one as it shows which atom is bonded to which as normally you wouldn’t bond hydrogen to an R group
For sodium ethanoate, you can draw it like this
For sodium ethanoate, you can draw it like this
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