Talk:Heneicosane
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 | On 2 June 2025, it was proposed that this article be moved to Henicosane. The result of the discussion was not moved. |
Requested move 2 June 2025
[edit]- The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
The result of the move request was: not moved. WP:SNOW closure. (closed by non-admin page mover) Jeffrey34555 (talk) 01:12, 8 June 2025 (UTC)
Heneicosane → Henicosane – more correct IUPAC name 109.54.229.216 (talk) 20:59, 2 June 2025 (UTC)
- Oppose per WP:OCHEMNAME. The IUPAC name is usually not the WP:COMMONNAME. Mdewman6 (talk) 01:53, 3 June 2025 (UTC)
- Oppose per WP:CHEMNAME (section WP:OCHEMNAME) which boils down to WP:COMMONNAME for chemistry. Heneicosane has 13,200 hits on Google Scholar while henicosane has only 833.--MYCETEAE 🍄🟫—talk 14:21, 3 June 2025 (UTC)
- Oppose as the sources I used to write this used "Heneicosane" Graeme Bartlett (talk) 23:45, 3 June 2025 (UTC)
- Oppose for WP:COMMONNAME.
- 2.196.83.230 (talk) 10:55, 4 June 2025 (UTC)
Question about chemical formula in the lead
[edit]The lead gives the chemical formula as being (CH3)19(CH3) which, in my experience, the brackets indicate a side chain. But, it obviously has no side chains. Especially at the terminal ends. That wouldn't exactly be a side chain.
So, what do the brackets here indicate? There's nothing special I can see about the first and last 3 carbons. I've not seen similar formulas used for other straight chain hexanes.
Also, if it has 21 carbons, 3 + 19 + 3 is 25 carbons. So, that just adds further confusion. VoidHalo (talk) 17:48, 24 August 2025 (UTC)
- Okay. I see now that I was misreading it as C3 rather than CH3. So, I get that these are the terminal methyl groups at the end. Likely included because they are CH3 rather than CH2 like the carbons in the middle of the chain.
- Writing out the previous post and reading it over kind of put everything together for me.
- Sorry to be a bother. VoidHalo (talk) 17:53, 24 August 2025 (UTC)