Definition of Open-chain

1. Adjective. Having an open chain structure.

Exact synonyms: Acyclic
Category relationships: Chemical Science, Chemistry
Similar to: Aliphatic
Antonyms: Cyclic

Lexicographical Neighbors of Open-chain

ope
oped
opeidoscope
opelet
opelets
open
open(a)
open-air
open-air(a)
open-air market
open-air marketplace
open-and-shut
open-angle glaucoma
open-arse
open-book
open-chain (current term)
open-closed principle
open-collar
open-collared
open-door policy
open-end credit
open-end fund
open-end investment company
open-end wrench
open-ended
open-eyed
open-face
open-face sandwich
open-faced

Literary usage of Open-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)
"This is in complete accord with the evidence which indicates that the benzene molecule ion exists in an open-chain form at emission voltages well above ..."

2. American Highway Engineers' Handbook by Arthur Horace Blanchard (1919)
"Under certain conditions of temperature and pressure в number of unsaturated open chain hydrocarbon molecules may unite to form a »ingle closed chain ..."

3. American Highway Engineers' Handbook by Arthur Horace Blanchard (1919)
"Under certain conditions of temperature and pressure a number of unsaturated open chain hydrocarbon molecules may unite to form a single closed chain ..."

4. The Chemistry of Plant Life by Roscoe Wilfred Thatcher (1921)
"However, the ordinary aldehyde reactions of the sugars are more clearly indicated by the open-chain formula. Some investigators are inclined to believe that ..."

5. A Textbook of Organic Chemistry by Joseph Scudder Chamberlain (1921)
"Most of these compounds will not be disscussed further as they have been fully treated in connection with the open chain compounds from which they are ..."

6. A French-English Dictionary for Chemists by Austin McDowell Patterson (1921)
"ouverte, open chain. — sans fin, endless chain. Chaînette,/, small chain; (Math.) catenary. Chaînon, m. link (or, broadly, portion) of a chaînon ..."

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