Organic Chemistry
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Organic Chemistry
Free Radical
A highly reactive species containing an unpaired electron.
Organic ChemistryFriedel–Crafts Reaction
The introduction of an alkyl or acyl group onto an aromatic ring using a Lewis acid catalyst.
Organic ChemistryFunctional Group
An atom or group of atoms within a molecule that determines its characteristic chemical behaviour.
Organic ChemistryFunctional Group Isomerism
Structural isomerism in which compounds of the same formula contain entirely different functional groups.