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The Hive => Newbee Forum => Topic started by: pablos on April 13, 2004, 08:27:00 PM

Title: TMA
Post by: pablos on April 13, 2004, 08:27:00 PM

I was today in my favorite Market and I saw a Solvent claimed to be 1,3,5-Trimethylbenzol or 2,4,5-Trimethylbenzol
Is 1,3,5-Trimethylbenzol the same as 1,3,5-Trimethoxylbenzol?
If I oxydize that to Benzaldehyde could be that used as start for the TMA series?

Title: Different chemicals
Post by: Smilaxium on April 13, 2004, 09:46:00 PM

Is 1,3,5-Trimethylbenzol the same as 1,3,5-Trimethoxylbenzol?

Nope...the last compound contains three additional oxygen atoms (methyl- vs methoxy-group = CH3- vs CH3O-).

Title: wonder how it would taste...
Post by: ning on April 15, 2004, 04:35:00 AM

It'd be interesting to whip up the corresponding phenethylamine and amphetamine to taste anyway, just for fun, ne?

Title: benzol?
Post by: elfspice on April 15, 2004, 01:45:00 PM

the 1 position usually indicates where one finds the primary functional group mentioned in the main part of the name. you say 'bla bla methoxyBENZOL' well, i've never seen 'benzol' used before but i guess one could say that instead of 'phenol'

the problem is, if it's a phenol, you can't have a methoxy *and* a hydroxyl on the same BENZYL (ie unsaturated 6 carbon ring) STRUCTURE. so where's that 1-methoxy bit coming from?

my guess is you are misreading something or making it up (my bets on the former) go find out what some of its other names are and ppl might have better answers. that name is shonky nomenclature.

Title: nah...
Post by: hypo on April 15, 2004, 02:12:00 PM

benzol = german for benzene.