In organic chemistry, the carbon number of a compound is the number of carbon atoms in each molecule.[1]
The properties of hydrocarbons can be correlated with the carbon number, although the carbon number alone does not give an indication of the saturation of the organic compound. When describing a particular molecule, the "carbon number" is also the ordinal position of a particular carbon atom in a chain.
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Carbon (from Latin carbo 'coal') is a chemical element; it has symbol C and atomic number 6. It is nonmetallic and tetravalent—meaning that its atoms...
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following table (peroxides and radicals are excluded; unstable or hypothetical compounds are italicized). Carbonnumber List of compounds with carbonnumber 2...
molecules that contain 20 carbon atoms. Carbonnumber List of compounds with carbonnumber 19 List of compounds with carbonnumber 21 "CAS Common Chemistry"...
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two consecutive alpha-amino acids from C1 (carbonnumber one) of one alpha-amino acid and N2 (nitrogen number two) of another, along a peptide or protein...
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