open-chain

• Describe un compuesto químico cuya estructura molecular es una cadena abierta, lineal o ramificada, en lugar de un anillo.

Describes a chemical compound whose molecular structure is a straight or branched chain, not a ring.

1. Having an open chain structureC1formalscientific

   Describing a molecular structure where atoms are arranged in a linear or branched chain, not forming a ring.

   de cadena abierta

   • Open-chain compounds are often more flexible than their cyclic counterparts.
   • The chemist studied the properties of open-chain hydrocarbons.
   • Open-chain alkanes have the general formula CnH2n+2.

   Sinónimosacyclicnoncyclic

   Antónimoscyclic