substituent
Noun. (chemistry) Any atom, group, or radical substituted for another, or entering a molecule in place of some other part which is removed.This is an unmodified, but possibly outdated, definition from Wiktionary and used here under the Creative Commons license. Wiktionary is a great resource. If you like it too, please donate to Wikimedia.
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