Talk:Carbo-mer

Need for clarification[edit]

Quoted from the article:
"The final step in its organic synthesis is organic oxidation of the triol with stannous chloride and hydrochloric acid in diethyl ether."
see reaction scheme ( http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c0/CarbobenzeneSynthesis.png ). How should that reaction be an oxidation of the substrate? There is no oxidant (Sn²⁺/H⁺/Et₂O is a reductant towards most organic substrates) and there also is no oxidation (electron loss on the carbon atoms of the substrate) apparent. Could someone clarify, how this should be an oxidation or whether the quoted text is a typo? Thanks,--93.192.166.208 (talk) 15:45, 20 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I have checked with the original article, no oxidation was implied. I have modified the text accordingly V8rik (talk) 19:25, 20 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Why the hyphen in the title?[edit]

After a quick googling, I can't find another instance of the word being hyphenated. I see that it is sometimes formatted this way in scientific literature, but even then it seems to be the less popular format. JeffJonez (talk) 20:19, 5 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Carbo-mer and carbomer are different things. "Carbomer" is a trade name for the common, commercial water-absorbing polymers, "polyacrylic acid". "Carbo-mer" (sometimes written as "carbomer") is a rare term for some exotic expanded molecules. The article was split in 2012, but cleanup was not complete. I updated the hatnotes on "Carbo-mer" and "Polyacrylic acid", relinked some pages to the right articles, and made "Carbomer" and "Carbomers" redirect to "Polyacrylic acid" (instead of here to "Carbo-mer"). -A876 (talk) 05:05, 30 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]