Defenition of the word aliphatic compound
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Defenition of the word aliphatic compound
- Any organic compound of hydrogen and carbon characterized by a straight chain of the carbon atoms.
(Source: MGH)
- organic compound that is an alkane or alkene or alkyne or their derivative
Hyponyms for the word aliphatic compound
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- acetylene
- alicyclic compound
- alkane
- alkane series
- alkene
- alkyne
- ethyne
- methane series
- olefin
- olefine
- paraffin
- paraffin series
Hypernyms for the word aliphatic compound
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