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Definition of Open chain
1. Noun. A chain of atoms in a molecule whose ends are not joined to form a ring.
Generic synonyms: Chain, Chemical Chain
Antonyms: Closed Chain
Lexicographical Neighbors of Open Chain
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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