Just "clarifying" the name issue for this cleaner. ;-) >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 06/19/04 04:46PM >>> WTF?
----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Desjardins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, June 19, 2004 4:32 PM Subject: Re: SV: Film and Development > The IUPAC name is 1,1,1-trichloroethane. Chloroform is > trichloromethane, i.e., 3 Cl's and one H attached to a carbon. Methyl > Chloroform (the common name, not the formal one but perfectly > unambiguous) is obtained by replacing the H with a methyl group (CH3). > You now have a two carbon chain with a single bond (ethane) and with > three Cl's on one of carbons (hence the 1,1,1 part). Chlorothene is a > particularly misleading brand name since the -ene ending implies the > carbons are attached by a double bond, which is not the case here. > Things like that only annoy chemists. > > I'll go back in my shell now . . . > > >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 06/19/04 01:55PM >>> > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "John Coyle" > Subject: Re: SV: Film and Development > > > > Trichlorethylene, Bill > > Nope, I just checked a can of the Edwal stuff I have in the basement. > They call it Chorothene. > The government label calls it Methyl Chloroform. > > William Robb > > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.707 / Virus Database: 463 - Release Date: 6/16/2004
