Reply To: Chemical bonds, logic and math.. Oh my..

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OOPS…

 

The molecular difference wasn’t quite right when I explained it..

Sample A was correct with the oxygen linking the H3C and CH3..

Sample B is where I screwed up.  The addition of the hydrogen atom breaks the H3C – CH3 chain.  The addition makes the OH hang off the CH3 side of the chain.