line diagram of elements

*Moderator Edit* - I made a mistake while moving this thread to Organic Chemistry and erased the original post. Sorry!

This question was inappropriate for the Computational Chemistry forum. Computatinal chemistry involves using computers to do calculations and make models I think (I am a biochemist).

The original poster asked the forum what it meant to draw the line diagram of an organic molecule. I don't remember what the molecule was. :oops:

- Rob

[RobJim]

I am not absolutely sure what your teacher is asking, but I think what s/he means is that you should draw the molecule as a line structure. This is the term my organic chemistry book uses. This website calls it the bond-line structure:

http://wwwphys.murdoch.edu.au/teachi...ic/organic.htm.

The idea is that the molecule is written as a bunch of lines connected at approximately 60 degree angles. Where the angles (or intersections) are in the diagram, carbons are in the molecule. Any atoms except carbon and hydrogen will be drawn in. Any carbons that have less than four bonds shown on the diagram have enough hydrogens bonded to them to make four bonds.

Take a look at the linked website.