paraffin [obsolete]

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Obsolescent term for saturated @H02889@, commonly but not necessarily acyclic. Still widely used in the petrochemical industry, where the term designates acyclic saturated @H02889@, and stands in contradistinction to @N04084@.
Source:
PAC, 1995, 67, 1307. (Glossary of class names of organic compounds and reactivity intermediates based on structure (IUPAC Recommendations 1995)) on page 1356 [Terms] [Paper]
Citation: 'paraffin' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 3rd ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2006. Online version 3.0.1, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.P04401 RIS BibTex EndNote
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