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by maxerickson 4537 days ago
methylcyclohexanol and 4-methylcyclohexane methanol are different compounds.
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mikeyouse 4536 days ago
That damn extra carbon.

Any idea why the Wiki article gets the oxygen / hydrogen counts wrong?

[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4-methylcyclohexanemethanol]

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maxerickson 4536 days ago
As of this revision it matches what I see elsewhere:

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=4-Methylcyclohexan...

Presumably whoever created the page copied the info box and forgot to edit it.

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