Tert-butyl

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Daisy Palomera 3B
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Tert-butyl

Postby Daisy Palomera 3B » Sun Mar 12, 2017 6:37 pm

Can the substituent tert-butyl be drawn having other than 90 degree angles?
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Lauren_Johnston_3F
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Re: Tert-butyl

Postby Lauren_Johnston_3F » Sun Mar 12, 2017 7:26 pm

Yes, it can be drawn in a formation that looks kind of like a pitchfork with the angles less than 90 degrees. I just think all that matters is that they are arranged in a manner in which there is one carbon (that is not part of the main chain) connected to three CH3's, so basically the angle does not necessarily matter.
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Re: Tert-butyl

Postby 604805638 » Tue Mar 14, 2017 11:49 am

So if we were asked on the final to draw it either way would be correct?
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Re: Tert-butyl

Postby Chem_Mod » Tue Mar 14, 2017 12:02 pm

604805638 wrote:So if we were asked on the final to draw it either way would be correct?

Yes
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