Chemical notation

Kevster

Hi,

I was at my first seminar today as a PhD student and I came across two things that I'm unsure about: In a diagram of a molecule, I noticed a PtBU2 group and a NEt2 one. Bu and Et obviously aren't chemical elements, but what 'sub' group do they refer to? Is the first one Platinum diButylide or something...?; and is the second one Ethidium with a Nitrogen attached?

Here it is:

http://www.i-sis.org.uk/graphics/splittingWater2.jpg

SOL

yeh, you get a lot of this, Et = ethyl, Bu = butyl and the little letter n s or t in italics tells you what isomer. There is probably a list of these, if I come across one i'll let you know...

Kevster

Excellent - thanks. I couldn't find a thing about it on the web, but I only search for ~2 minujtes (that's the amount of time I get, being so damn busy).

Kevin

Marvinthefish

There's usually lists of these abbreviations at the back/front of any chemistry book. Others include:

Me = methyl = CH3

Tf = triflate = CF3SO3

Red Hand

Shorthand, similiar to skeletal diagrams.

SOL

http://www.axeleratio.com/ip/ligands/abbrev/IndexGrpLigAbbrev.htm

i-Bu iso-butyl
i-Pr iso-propyl
m-Tol m-tolyl
o-Tol o-tolyl
p-Tol p-tolyl
sec-Bu secondary butyl
t-Bu tertiary butyl
Ac acetyl
Bu butyl
C5H4Me methylcyclopentadienyl
C5Me5 pentamethylcyclopentadienyl
Cp cyclopentadienyl
Cy cyclohexyl
De decyl
Et ethyl
Hp heptyl
Hx hexyl
Me methyl
Ms methanesulfonyl
Nn nonyl
Np neopentyl
Oc octyl
Pe pentyl
Ph phenyl
PhCH2 benzyl
PhCO benzoyl
Pr propyl
Sia siamyl: 1,2-dimethylpropyl
Tf trifluoromethanesulfonyl
Ts tosyl: p-toluenesulfonyl