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Mark Nealon

whats the difference between gamma octalactone and delta octalactone?

Choko Canyon  Follow
So gamma means our ring is 3-membered (alpha 1, beta 2, gamma 3) and the alkyl group is located at the gamma-C atom.More
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Joseph Bills  Follow
Thnx a whole bunchMore
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Bradley Dichter  Follow
Did you look up their skeletal structures? The difference is in how many atoms form the lactone ring and in how many atoms form the alkyl substituent. They're structural isomers.More
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