substituent

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noun

Any atom, group, or radical substituted for another, or entering a molecule in place of some other part which is removed.

Substituent in a sentence

Other highly effective heterocyclic substituents were pyrazinyl and quinoxalyl.

From ethyleneoxides or ethyleneimines carrying an acyl substituent, with hydrazine and its derivatives (Ch. 3. XV).

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