Parent hydride

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A parent hydride is the basic unit in several types of chemical nomenclature. It is defined as an unbranched acyclic or cyclic structure, or an acyclic/cyclic structure having a semisystematic or trivial name, to which only hydrogen atoms are attached.[1]

References

  1. ↑ parent hydride, <http://goldbook.iupac.org/P04405.html> (accessed 8 March 2010), Compendium of Chemical Terminology Internet edition; International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC).
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