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addition reaction
A chemical reaction of two or more reacting molecular entities, resulting in a single reaction product containing all atoms of all components, with formation of two chemical bonds and a net reduction in bond multiplicity in at least one of the reactants. The reverse process is called an elimination reaction. The addition may occur at only one site (α-addition, 1/1/addition), at two adjacent sites (1/2/addition) or at two non-adjacent sites (1/3/- or 1/4/addition, etc.). For example:
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If the reagent or the source of the addends of an addition are not specified, then it is called an addition transformation.
Source:
PAC, 1994, 66, 1077 (Glossary of terms used in physical organic chemistry (IUPAC Recommendations 1994)) on page 1081
InChI=1/C4H6/c1-3-4-2/h3-4H,1-2H2
InChI=1/C4H6Br2/c5-3-1-2-4-6/h1-2H,3-4H2/b2-1-
InChI=1/C4H6Br2/c1-2-4(6)3-5/h2,4H,1,3H2
InChI=1/p+1/fH/q+1
InChI=1/BrH/h1H/p-1/fBr/h1h/q-1
InChI=1/C4H8/c1-4(2)3/h1H2,2-3H3
InChI=1/C4H9Br/c1-4(2,3)5/h1-3H3
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Cite as: IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, Electronic version, http://goldbook.iupac.org/A00133.html.
Transformed and rewritten from PDF version (entry http://www.iupac.org/goldbook/A00133.pdf)
by: Miloslav Nic, Jiri Jirat, Bedrich Kosata, ICT Prague, Czech Republic
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