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POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC COMPOUND [2 records]

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Record 1 2016-12-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemical Elements and Compounds
CONT

Disclosed are a novel polycyclic aromatic compound having a specific structure and a material for forming a luminescent coating film which is composed of an organic solvent solution containing such a polycyclic aromatic compound.

OBS

polycyclic aromatic compound : term extracted from the “Glossaire de l'environnement” and reproduced with permission of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments et composés chimiques
CONT

L'invention concerne en outre l'utilisation des composés aromatiques polycycliques et de leurs dérivés dans la préparation de médicaments destinés au traitement d'affections néoplasiques et d'infections bactériennes.

OBS

composé aromatique polycyclique : terme extrait du «Glossaire de l’environnement» et reproduit avec l’autorisation de l’Organisation de coopération et de développement économiques.

Spanish

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Record 2 2011-06-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemical Elements and Compounds
  • Chemistry
DEF

An organic compound whose structure is characterized by one or more closed rings, it may be mono-, bi-, or polycyclic depending on the number of rings present. There are three major groups of cyclic compounds :(1) alicyclic,(2) aromatic...(3) heterocyclic.

OBS

Compare with "ring compound".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments et composés chimiques
  • Chimie
DEF

[...] composé organique à chaîne fermée.

OBS

Les composés cycliques peuvent contenir des cycles ne renfermant que des atomes de carbone (composés homocycliques ou carbocycliques) ou des cycles renfermant des atomes de carbone et d'autres atomes comme l'azote, l'oxygène ou le soufre (composés hétérocycliques). Les composés aromatiques sont des composés cycliques (homo- ou hétérocycliques).

OBS

«cyclique : se dit plus particulièrement d'un composé renfermant au moins une chaîne fermée ou un noyau.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Elementos y compuestos químicos
  • Química
DEF

Compuesto químico de estructura anular.

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