Substituent
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation [sʌbˈstɪtʃuənt] · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Substituent is a noun meaning (chemistry) Any atom, group, or radical substituted for another, or entering a molecule in place of some other part which is removed.
Meaning
(chemistry) Any atom, group, or radical substituted for another, or entering a molecule in place of some other part which is removed.
More Meanings
- (grammar) Pro-form.
Example Sentences
Other highly effective heterocyclic substituents were pyrazinyl and quinoxalyl.
From ethyleneoxides or ethyleneimines carrying an acyl substituent, with hydrazine and its derivatives (Ch. 3. XV).
In a recent paper on homopyrimidine decamers containing aeg-monomers and thymine monomers with a sulfomethyl substituent at the γ-position, similar triplexes has also been described [43 ].
Word Forms
- substituents
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include fluoro, withdrawing, alternative, substitution, substitute, disubstituent.
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