A Rapid Way of Computing the Number of Rings Present in a Polycyclic Organic Compound

A. Srikrishna
Department of Organic Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560 012, India
J. Chem. Educ., 1996, 73 (5), p 428
DOI: 10.1021/ed073p428
Publication Date (Web): May 1, 1996

Abstract

This article discusses how by counting the number of quaternary and tertiary atoms present, the number of rings in a polycyclic organic compound can be deduced.

Keywords (Audience):

Upper-Division Undergraduate

Keywords (Domain):

Organic Chemistry

Keywords (Subject):

Alkanes / Cycloalkanes

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