Talk:1,4-Dichlorobutane

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Tried to give some worth to the article, though couldn't find much (the general stuff are in Haloalkanes anyway) Kyzariel (talk) 11:36, 28 August 2008 (UTC)

Isomers

There are six substances encompassed under this general name - in fact, there are much more than that. 1,1 dichlorobutane; 1,2 dichlorobutane (2 optical isomers); 1,3 dichlorobutane (2 optical isomers); 1,4 dichlorobutane; 2,2, dichlorobutane; 2,3 dichlorobutane (3 optical isomers); 1,1 dichloro methyl propane (2 optical isomers); 1,2 dichloro methyl propane (2 optical isomers); 1,3 dichloro methyl propane. That's 9 structural isomers, plus an extra 6 optical isomers. Albmont (talk) 19:13, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

Fair enough, it should be corrected. My mistake stemmed from thinking of the general name as dichloro-n-butane, when dichloro-isobutane was also possible. I didn't include stereoisomers in the count, because they are of reduced importance in basic chemical applications (catalytic processes aren't one such application though, and they are referenced here) and mainly because this leads to a large number of combinations possible. Kyzariel (talk) 13:47, 7 May 2009 (UTC)