Please identify this molecule

[gentlegreen]

 

[DotCommunist]

unnobtanium

 

[Yetman]

Depends what the black/white/red represent. C10H12O2 is Chavibetiol (from the Betel Nut)

Chavibetol - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[gentlegreen]

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[gentlegreen]

Depends what the black/white/red represent. C10H12O2 is Chavibetiol (from the Betel Nut)

Chavibetol - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Oh yes ..

Why did you know that ?

 

[existentialist]

Well, that was over disappointingly quickly

 

[gosub]

C10H12O2 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


could be a few things, but you can go through them to find the one with right shape

 

[Yetman]

I don't know mate, could well be wrong, I'm not a chemist! Just counted the number of different coloured atoms - there's usually a carbon backbone so I assumed the black were carbon, the rest I just sort of guessed so like I said, I could well be wrong!!

 

[Yetman]

C10H12O2 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


could be a few things, but you can go through them to find the one with right shape

Better answer

 

[gosub]

Eugenol.

 

[gosub]

I don't know mate, could well be wrong, I'm not a chemist! Just counted the number of different coloured atoms - there's usually a carbon backbone so I assumed the black were carbon, the rest I just sort of guessed so like I said, I could well be wrong!!

black one has a valency of 4 , the red 2 and the white 1, as do carbon oxygen and hydrogen respectively

 

[Yetman]

black one has a valency of 4 , the red 2 and the white 1, as do carbon oxygen and hydrogen respectively

There you go. I was nearly right

 

[gosub]

There you go. I was nearly right

Not done chemistry for 27 years

 

[Yetman]

Not done chemistry for 27 years

Studying pharmacology right now

 

[gosub]

next question is why gentlegreen needs to know? And what was the crime?

 

[bi0boy]

It is chavibetol not eugenol.

It's 5-Allyl-2-methoxyphenol. Eugenol (4-Allyl-2-methoxyphenol) has the -OH opposite the hydrocarbon chain sticking off the other side of the benzene ring. Chavibetol on the other hand has the methoxy group opposite this chain.

 

[Ted Striker]

Plastic.

 

[gosub]

It is chavibetol not eugenol.

It's 5-Allyl-2-methoxyphenol. Eugenol (4-Allyl-2-methoxyphenol) has the -OH opposite the hydrocarbon chain sticking off the other side of the benzene ring. Chavibetol on the other hand has the methoxy group opposite this chain.

yep. Sorry

 

[gentlegreen]

next question is why gentlegreen needs to know? And what was the crime?

Rather boringly I spotted it on a forensic science Xmas tree - it's probably a safe and relatively simple aromatic compound for students to identify - doubtless it will be part-way recognisable by smell - presumably smelling a bit clovey ...

I actually bought a betel nut once ...

 

[Sea Star]

I got a C for O level chemistry and that was when i was trying really hard and memorising stuff and that. So I had no chance!

 

[existentialist]

yep. Sorry

I should think so, too. What sort of web forum do you think this is?

 

[Yetman]

I actually bought a betel nut once ...

Did you chew it? Break your teeth? Get a big red mouth? Feel like you had a coffee?

 

[gentlegreen]

Never got that far.By all accounts you need to add alkali..
And it's confusing that the "betel leaf" they wrap the mixture in is unrelated to the "nut" itself.