Today in school, my teacher was explaining the different types of alkenes. Examples included ethene, propene, and butene. She also showed us their structural formulas.
I tried to draw butene's formula and came up with this:
Is it correct?
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Sign up to join this communityToday in school, my teacher was explaining the different types of alkenes. Examples included ethene, propene, and butene. She also showed us their structural formulas.
I tried to draw butene's formula and came up with this:
Is it correct?
Yes, the formula you drew is an example of isobutylene. Isobutylene has the "official" IUPAC name of 2-methylpropene, and is an important industrial chemical. Because it:
... it is indeed an isomer of butene (sometimes known as butylene). You got this one right!$%edit$