Isolaatorina

Isolaatorina is a hypothetical organic compound used in teaching and thought experiments in organic chemistry. It is not known to occur in nature, and there are no verified laboratory syntheses or isolations of this specific compound. In textbooks and classroom demonstrations, isolaatorina serves as a placeholder name to illustrate principles such as isomerism, functional group interconversion, and the consequences of substituent placement on properties. The etymology of the term is didactic, combining common prefixes and roots to resemble real organic names, but it does not correspond to a known chemical family.

In typical diagrams, isolaatorina is portrayed as a small scaffold with at least two possible isomeric forms. The exact structure varies by example, which allows instructors to discuss concepts like constitutional isomerism, stereoisomerism, and regioselectivity without tying the discussion to a real molecule. Because it is not a real compound, there is no experimental data on physical properties such as melting point, solubility, or spectral characteristics.

The primary value of isolaatorina lies in pedagogy: it provides a neutral, non-existent example that students can manipulate in hypothetical synthesis schemes, naming exercises, and computational modeling. See also: isomer, organic nomenclature, hypothetical compound.