Talk:Cetostearyl alcohol

Latest comment: 8 years ago by Edgar181 in topic Structure is incorrect

Alcohol

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The information here is brief, and it deserves to be accurate. Someone added on discussion that “the compound is an alcohol, though” and I agree with this.

For whom it may concern: One has to make a distinction between the common term "alcohol" used for ethanol, and loosely for any kind of spirited drinks, and the chemical class of compound "alcohol" (generic formula: R-OH, where R is a hydrocarbon radical). If this page is not intended to be liquor shop information, then the cetostearyl alcohol is an alcohol, more precise a mixture of alcohols. Therefore, I propose to modify this page, to not induce in error the (sober) reader. Chris —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.87.53.164 (talk) 06:08, 25 February 2009 (UTC)Reply

It really is an alcohol though...

Structure is incorrect

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The alcohols all have an even number of carbons (16 or 18); the structure shown leads to odd numbers. ````

I adjusted the "n" values to compensate. Thanks for catching the error and reporting it here. -- Ed (Edgar181) 16:09, 25 February 2016 (UTC)Reply