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Degree of unsaturation
Term in organic chemistry
Functional group
Group of atoms giving a molecule characteristic properties
Geminal
Relationship between two atoms or functional groups
Lipophilicity
Affinity of a molecule or a moiety for a lipophilic environment
Pendant group
Group of atoms offshooting from a long molecule's backbone chain
Polymer backbone
Series of covalently bounded atoms
Side chain
Chemical group attached to backbone
Skeletal formula
Representation method in chemistry
Substituent
Atom set which has replaced hydrogen atoms on a hydrocarbon's parent chain
Vicinal (chemistry)
Stands for any two functional groups bonded to two adjacent atoms