branched chain for pentane
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Pentane is the unbranched "straight chain" isomer of C5H12. The other two isomers are branched: 2-methylbutane has one branch. 2,2-dimethylpropane has two branches.
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Pentane is the unbranched "straight chain" isomer of C5H12. The other two isomers are branched: 2-methylbutane has one branch. 2,2-dimethylpropane has two branches.
a straight chain of atoms, usually carbon, with any number of secondary, straight branches; open chain
(comparative more branched-chain, superlative most branched-chain)
(organic chemistry) Describing any aliphatic compound that contains a chain of carbon atoms in which at least one carbon atom is connected to three or four others, thus forming a branch.
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