Preferred Label : moiety;
IUPAC definition : In physical organic chemistry moiety is generally used to signify part of a molecule,
e.g. in an ester R sup 1 /sup COOR sup 2 /sup the alcohol moiety is R sup 2 /sup
O. The term should not be used for a small fragment of a molecule.;
Origin ID : M03968;
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- See also
In physical organic chemistry moiety is generally used to signify part of a molecule,
e.g. in an ester R sup 1 /sup COOR sup 2 /sup the alcohol moiety is R sup 2 /sup
O. The term should not be used for a small fragment of a molecule.
