Parent hydride

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A parent hydride is the basic unit in several types of chemical nomenclature. It is defined as:[1]

  • an unbranched acyclic or cyclic structure; or
  • an acyclic/cyclic structure having a semisystematic or trivial name

to which only hydrogen atoms are attached.

References

  1. parent hydride, <http://goldbook.iupac.org/P04405.html>, Compendium of Chemical Terminology Internet edition; International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC).
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