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  2. Side chain - Wikipedia

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    In organic chemistry and biochemistry, a side chain is a chemical group that is attached to a core part of the molecule called the "main chain" or backbone. The side chain is a hydrocarbon branching element of a molecule that is attached to a larger hydrocarbon backbone. It is one factor in determining a molecule's properties and reactivity. [2 ...

  3. IUPAC nomenclature of organic chemistry - Wikipedia

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    The side chains are: an ethyl- at carbon 4, an ethyl- at carbon 8, and a butyl- at carbon 12. Note: the −O−CH 3 at carbon atom 15 is not a side chain, but it is a methoxy functional group. There are two ethyl- groups. They are combined to create, 4,8-diethyl. The side chains are grouped like this: 12-butyl-4,8-diethyl.

  4. Geneva Rules - Wikipedia

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    Longer chains were to have their names derived from the appropriate Greek numeral e.g. pent (pentane), hex (hexane) etc. When naming compounds with side chains the name would be determined by the longest straight chain with a substituted group e.g. methyl propane (CH 3 CH(CH 3)CH 3)

  5. Substituent - Wikipedia

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    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. [1] ( In organic chemistry and biochemistry, the terms substituent and functional group, as well as side chain and pendant group, are used almost interchangeably to describe those branches from the parent structure, [2] though certain ...

  6. Pendant group - Wikipedia

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    In IUPAC nomenclature of chemistry, a pendant group (sometimes spelled pendent) or side group is a group of atoms attached to a backbone chain of a long molecule, usually a polymer. Pendant groups are different from pendant chains, as they are neither oligomeric nor polymeric. [2] For example, the phenyl groups are the pendant groups on a ...

  7. Functional group - Wikipedia

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    In organic chemistry, a functional group is a substituent or moiety in a molecule that causes the molecule's characteristic chemical reactions.The same functional group will undergo the same or similar chemical reactions regardless of the rest of the molecule's composition.

  8. Locant - Wikipedia

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    The locant is the number of the carbon atom to which the oxygen atom is bonded. If the oxygen is bonded to the middle carbon, the locant is 3. If the oxygen is bonded to an atom on either side (adjacent to an end carbon), the locant is 2 or 4; given the choice here, where the carbons are exactly equivalent, the lower number is always chosen. So ...

  9. Hydroxymethyl group - Wikipedia

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    It has the identical chemical formula with the methoxy group (−O−CH 3) that differs only in the attachment site and orientation to the rest of the molecule. However, their chemical properties are different. [1] [2] Hydroxymethyl is the side chain of encoded amino acid serine. [3]