Chemistry A-Level
Structural formula
What Structural formula means in Chemistry A-Level, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Structural formula
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Reference: OCR
The minimal detail that shows the arrangement of atoms in a molecule, listing each carbon with the atoms or groups attached to it in order along the chain.
Topics that use Structural formula
- Basic concepts of organic chemistry (OCR A-Level)
Related terms
- Alphabetical ordering of substituents
- Aromatic compound
- carboxyl group
- Characteristic reactions
- Condensed notation with brackets and subscripts
- Contrast with heterolytic fission
- Curly arrow notation
- delocalised electrons
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