Organic Chemistry
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ISBN: 9781305080485
Author: John E. McMurry
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 3.SE, Problem 26AP
Draw the structures of the following molecules:
(a) Biacetyl, C4H6O2, a substance with the aroma of butter; it contains no rings or carbon-carbon multiple bonds.
(b) Ethylenimine, C2H5N, a substance used in the synthesis of melamine
(c) Glycerol, C3H8O3, a substance isolated from fat and used in cosmetics; it has an -OH group on each carbon.
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