October 2004
Intermediate to advanced
527 pages
13h 50m
English
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Organic compounds have been classified on the basis of their structure. Open-chain structures containing carbon–carbon single (C–C), double (C=C) and triple bonds are said to be aliphatic compounds. The term ‘aliphatic’ is derived from the Greek word for fat or oil. In alicyclic molecules, the carbon atoms form a cyclic structure. The generic name aromatic was given originally to a structurally diverse collection of compounds, which had one ...
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