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VICINAL [1 record]

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Record 1 1989-07-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemistry
DEF

(abbreviated vic-). Neighboring or adjoining positions on a carbon ring or chain; the term is used in naming derivatives with substituting groups in such locations in a structural formula or molecule.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chimie
DEF

Se dit parfois des isomères portant sur un noyau, leurs groupements en des sommets consécutifs. Ex. : triméthyl-1,2,3 benzène.

DEF

Se dit de deux atomes ou radicaux fixés sur deux atomes adjacents. (Les atomes de chlore du chlorure d'éthylène ClCh2CH2Cl sont vicinaux.)

Spanish

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