Comment on Het Pijnstillersparadijs: Europese Zelfbeheersing vs. Amerikaanse Pillenfeest
JusticeForPorygon@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Fun fact for Europeans: we call paracetamol acetaminophen
Comment on Het Pijnstillersparadijs: Europese Zelfbeheersing vs. Amerikaanse Pillenfeest
JusticeForPorygon@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Fun fact for Europeans: we call paracetamol acetaminophen
uis@lemm.ee 2 days ago
…but it is amid, not amin, no? Why do you call it acetaminophen instead of acetamidophen?
JusticeForPorygon@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Yes it’s a mid that’s my bad
uis@lemm.ee 2 days ago
That’s what I ask. The name is “acetaminophen”, but compound doesn’t have amino-group and instead had amido-group.
IUPAC calls it as what it is: N-(4-Hydroxyphenyl)acetamide
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JusticeForPorygon@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Idk I’m not a chemist. I thought the whole point of scientific standards was that everyone used the same name/units but we don’t even spell meter right in the states.