/sci/ - Science & Math

>First semester organic chemistry
>girl asks "is there a technical difference between cyclohexane and hexane"
>...
>"Ummmmm. . . one is a ring and one is a chain"
>"Yeah but like, what is the technical difference"
>"I don't understand, that is the technical difference"
>"Like how can you identify if a molecule is a ring or chain?"
>"One is a closed ring and one is an open chain. Technically the ring will have two fewer hydrogens"
>"Ok so I should look for alkenes with two fewer hydrogens than the normal alkene formula?"
>...
>"Uhhhh, no? Talk to me after class"
God bless my professor, she asked a question of this level every meeting.