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Substituent

In organic chemistry, a substituent is one or a group of atoms that replaces (one or more) atoms, thereby becoming a moiety in the resultant (new) molecule.

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Nomenclature

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Notation

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Substituent

Nodes60
Edges59
Triples25
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.033333
Components1

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Substituent

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related to Statistical distribution · 7
Substituent → An, C5H11, CH3, Fifty, For, One, The
related to Nomenclature · 6
Substituent → According, Ancient Greek, It, IUPAC, Several, The
related to Notation · 6
Substituent → Charles Frédéric Gerhardt, In, It, R1, R2, The
related to Methane substituents · 1
Substituent → According
see also · 1
Substituent → Functional

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substituents used carbon hydrogen one suffix organic molecule name parent bond double atom atoms number methyl -yl bonds triple needed

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methylinstance ofan organic substituent0.80text
ethylinstance ofan organic substituent0.80text
or aryl can be written as Rinstance ofan organic substituent0.80text
the halidesinstance ofThe first to use this symbol was Charles Frédéric Gerhardt in 1844.The symbol X is often used to denote electronegative substituents0.80text
Substituentrelated to Methane substituentsAccording0.60section
Substituentrelated to NomenclatureThe0.60section
Substituentrelated to NomenclatureIt0.60section
Substituentrelated to NomenclatureAncient Greek0.60section
Substituentrelated to NomenclatureSeveral0.60section
Substituentrelated to NomenclatureAccording0.60section
Substituentrelated to NomenclatureIUPAC0.60section
Substituentrelated to NotationIn0.60section

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