Substituent

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. An atom, radical, or group substituted for another in a chemical compound.
  • adj. Of or relating to such an atom or group.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. any atom, group, or radical substituted for another, or entering a molecule in place of some other part which is removed
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. Any atom, group, or radical substituted for another, or entering a molecule in place of some other part which is removed.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. That which substitutes; in chem., an atom or atomic group which takes the place of another atom or group present in the molecule of the original compound. Thus in the compounds methane (CH4) and methyl alcohol (CH3OH), OH is said to be the substituent.
    • Word Usage
    "The other contribution is the synthesis of liquid crystalline conjugated polymers by replacing the hydrogen atom bonded to polyacetylene with a substituent having liquid crystalline nature as the side chain."
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    halides    ethers    diazonium    hydroperoxide    ketone   
     
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