1 - 12 C alkylether

English translation: C1-C12 alkyl ether

10:49 Sep 7, 2016
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Medical - Medical: Pharmaceuticals / Patent application
English term or phrase: 1 - 12 C alkylether
Hi there,

I desperately need some native speakers of English with chemical expertise to help me out on this one: what is the correct English notation for the group of alkyl ethers that in Dutch is commonly referred to as '1 - 12 C alkyl ether' (methyl ether, ethyl ether, butyl ether, et cetera). Is it just my poor Google skills, or do English speaking scientists change the order of the symbol and the numbers to C1-12? I posted this question on the Dutch-English language pair forum, but am getting no replies so far. The notation is used in a patent application to refer to the entire group of ethers, after which some ethers are named in particular. Patent applications are tricky business, so it's really important for me to get it right. So please, anyone: what is the correct notation of this group in English?

Thanks,

Maja
Maja Keizers (X)
Netherlands
Local time: 10:29
Selected answer:C1-C12 alkyl ether
Explanation:
Not a native, but this notation has been used in the patents I've translated.

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Note added at 17 mins (2016-09-07 11:06:06 GMT)
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Kuba has a more thorough overview of the various notations used in literature:)
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Jörgen Slet
Estonia
Local time: 11:29
Grading comment
Thanks for your help, Jörgen!
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3 +3C1-C12 alkyl ether
Jörgen Slet


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1 - 12 c alkylether
C1-C12 alkyl ether


Explanation:
Not a native, but this notation has been used in the patents I've translated.

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Note added at 17 mins (2016-09-07 11:06:06 GMT)
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Kuba has a more thorough overview of the various notations used in literature:)

Jörgen Slet
Estonia
Local time: 11:29
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EstonianEstonian
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
Thanks for your help, Jörgen!
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks for your helpful reference, Charles!


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Charles Davis: The evidence I have found supports this, with the figures subscript where subscript is available. See e.g. https://www.epo.org/law-practice/case-law-appeals/pdf/t06164...
13 mins
  -> yes, often subscript. thanks!

agree  Yasutomo Kanazawa
47 mins
  -> thank you:)

agree  Lingua 5B
54 mins
  -> thank you:)

neutral  Cilian O'Tuama: but what is a C1 ether supposed to be? Even the simplest ether, dimethyl ether, has 2 C // From the context given, there's no reason/evidence IMO to do believe that.
1 hr
  -> I do believe the discussion is about O-alkyl side chains, on a much larger molecule. // As you say yourself, it wouldn't make sense otherwise, and it's a very common way of listing molecule variants/modifications in patents.
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