Chemical engineer here, I remember when learning orgo that I thought the IUPAC names were hot shit and so formal and cool.
As I got older and got exposure to industry it was a hard left turn. What do you mean “ethylene” is a better name for the olefin of ethane, vs ethene for the alkene? I mean seriously what kind of distinction is that?
Chemist here, no clue what this was at first glance. Hell’s bells IUPAC names for organic molecules are ugly. It’s ascorbic acid.
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Chemical engineer here, I remember when learning orgo that I thought the IUPAC names were hot shit and so formal and cool.
As I got older and got exposure to industry it was a hard left turn. What do you mean “ethylene” is a better name for the olefin of ethane, vs ethene for the alkene? I mean seriously what kind of distinction is that?