Nomenclature of carbohydrates - (Dec/07/2011 )
phage434 on Fri Dec 9 03:44:39 2011 said:
Here's a reasonably coherent set of the rules. The alternative to your example is 5-bromo-2-methylpentane, which has higher numbers, so your version is correct.
https://en.wikipedia....ganic_chemistry
Its a really a confusing "science", the naming of the molecues lol
ANd then they start using different non systematic names and just for the fun of it they start drawing mirror images etc...
I think chemists just like to irritate non chemists with it.
-pito-