Question

What are the 8 isomers of tetramethylcyclobutane

Answer 1

It looks something like this cyclo-butane cyclo means ring. but means for carbobns. so cyclobutane is a ringed structure with four carbons.

Answer 2

@aaronq

Answer 3

Yeah I'm trying to figure out what the 8 isomers are, and I'm obviously understanding something wrong because I have more than 8. I should mention this includes stereoisomers.

Answer 4

I really thought I was starting to understand this stuff, But im not seeing how there are only 8 isomers for this. To be an isomer, it just needs the same number of Cs and Hs essentially am I correct?

Answer 5

For instance, I have 1,2-diethyl-3-methylcyclopropane and all the different combinations of methy/ethyl groups. Then I also have 2-octene and all the different double bond placements. And then you can see how I could just move to heptenes with the double bond /methyl groups in different places. And all of this is before I do the stereoisomers on the cyclos. I know I MUST be looking at this wrongly, but I just don't know how.