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CHAIN ISOMERISM [1 record]

Record 1 1986-03-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemistry
DEF

... the situation in which two molecules of the same composition differ in the manner of bonding of atoms considered to form the essential structure of the substance.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chimie
CONT

Isomérie de chaîne (...) Cette isomérie concerne la structure des chaînes d'atomes de carbone dans les composés organiques et dérive de la possibilité de disposer le même nombre d'atomes de carbone, supposé toujours tétravalent, en chaînes normales ou ramifiées de façon variée.

Spanish

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