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To: SandyInSeattle
"...isopropyl alcohol ...which comes from isoprops."

Close. It's one form of propanol, which is based on propane, or the propyl name of carbon linking.

Like ... methane, propane, butane, pentane, hexane. (not necessarily in order.)

In like manner you have methanol, propanol, and similar names based on the number of carbon atoms in the molecule.

2,512 posted on 08/12/2005 5:46:46 PM PDT by NicknamedBob (Mighty and enduring? They are but toys of the moment to be overturned by the flicking of a finger.)
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To: NicknamedBob
You are a veritable fountain of chemical knowledge.


2,514 posted on 08/12/2005 5:49:47 PM PDT by Not A Snowbird (Official RKBA Landscaper and Arborist, Duchess of Green Leafy Things)
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