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and explain why there is only 1 paraffin for 4 or less carbon atoms? and why there are 2 for 5 and a few more, so that those of us who don't know organic chemistry can get some understanding of how the results are created?--[[User:EMBee|eMBee]] 16:53, 30 November 2011 (UTC) |
and explain why there is only 1 paraffin for 4 or less carbon atoms? and why there are 2 for 5 and a few more, so that those of us who don't know organic chemistry can get some understanding of how the results are created?--[[User:EMBee|eMBee]] 16:53, 30 November 2011 (UTC) |
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:Even just some general rules about how the atoms are allowed to be arranged would help. I know that carbon atoms can have 4 bonds (usually...I remember a Christmas carol from my high school chemistry class called "Rudolph the 5-bond Carbon"). It also looks like for this class of molecules that cycles aren't allowed? --[[User:Mwn3d|Mwn3d]] 17:24, 30 November 2011 (UTC) |
:Even just some general rules about how the atoms are allowed to be arranged would help. I know that carbon atoms can have 4 bonds (usually...I remember a Christmas carol from my high school chemistry class called "Rudolph the 5-bond Carbon"). It also looks like for this class of molecules that cycles aren't allowed? --[[User:Mwn3d|Mwn3d]] 17:24, 30 November 2011 (UTC) |
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I see that for n=4 there is only one paraffin. The picture drawn below shows iso-butane, but what about just butane? Do straight chains larger than propane not count? --[[User:Mwn3d|Mwn3d]] 20:35, 30 November 2011 (UTC) |
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Algorithm?
would it be possible to describe an algorithm for the solution in a few paragraphs?
and explain why there is only 1 paraffin for 4 or less carbon atoms? and why there are 2 for 5 and a few more, so that those of us who don't know organic chemistry can get some understanding of how the results are created?--eMBee 16:53, 30 November 2011 (UTC)
- Even just some general rules about how the atoms are allowed to be arranged would help. I know that carbon atoms can have 4 bonds (usually...I remember a Christmas carol from my high school chemistry class called "Rudolph the 5-bond Carbon"). It also looks like for this class of molecules that cycles aren't allowed? --Mwn3d 17:24, 30 November 2011 (UTC)
Butane question
I see that for n=4 there is only one paraffin. The picture drawn below shows iso-butane, but what about just butane? Do straight chains larger than propane not count? --Mwn3d 20:35, 30 November 2011 (UTC)