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Definition of Straight chain
1. Noun. An open chain of atoms with no side chains.
Definition of Straight chain
1. Noun. (chemistry) A structural element of a molecule consisting of an unbranched sequence of atoms or simple groups, especially such a sequence of methylene groups in a aliphatic compound ¹
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Straight Chain
Literary usage of Straight chain
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1879)
"The chemical ionization spectra of six straight-chain 1-olefins from ... The most
striking aspect of the straight-chain 1-olefin spectra is that very ..."
2. Cod-liver Oil and Chemistry by Frantz Peckel Møller, Peter Møller Heyerdahl (1895)
"Accordingly it was proposed that all hydrocarbons should be known by the number
of the carbon-atoms by which the straight chain in the structure of the ..."
3. Oxidations and Reductions in the Animal Body by Henry Drysdale Dakin (1922)
"It will be seen that only those acids which contain four carbon atoms in a straight
chain yield acetoacetic acid. Those with chains of three, or five, ..."
4. The Formation of Aromatic Hydrocarbons from Natural Gas Condensate by Joseph George Davidson (1918)
"(B) The reaction taking place in the thermal decomposition of natural gas condensate
was found to be as follows: Saturated straight chain bodies—> Simple ..."
5. Recent Advances in Organic Chemistry by Alfred Walter Stewart (1920)
"14. Branched Chains and Terpene Compounds. Hitherto we have confined our attention
to carbohydrates in which the carbon atoms form a straight chain, ..."
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