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Mammoth Chemistry
Reference Periodic Table
But- (pronounced ‘bute’)
Molecules beginning with ‘but-’ have four carbon atoms.
4 = door, but- = beauty
To remember how many carbon atoms are in hydrocarbons beginning with ‘but-’ (pronounced ‘bute’), think of a
beaut
iful man looking over a stable
door
(four).
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