Preferred Label : functional group;
IUPAC definition : Organic compounds are thought of as consisting of a relatively unreactive backbone,
for example a chain of sp 3 hybridized carbon atoms, and one or several functional
groups. The functional group is an atom, or a group of atoms that has similar chemical
properties whenever it occurs in different compounds. It defines the characteristic
physical and chemical properties of families of organic compounds.;
Origin ID : F02555;
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
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Organic compounds are thought of as consisting of a relatively unreactive backbone,
for example a chain of sp 3 hybridized carbon atoms, and one or several functional
groups. The functional group is an atom, or a group of atoms that has similar chemical
properties whenever it occurs in different compounds. It defines the characteristic
physical and chemical properties of families of organic compounds.
