homo

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  1. a) An acronym for Highest Occupied Molecular Orbital (HOMO). See: frontier orbitals.
    b) A prefix (consisting of lower case letters, homo), used to indicate a higher homologue of a compound.
    Source:
    PAC, 1994, 66, 1077. (Glossary of terms used in physical organic chemistry (IUPAC Recommendations 1994)) on page 1121 [Terms] [Paper]
  2. homo- Affix used to denote a ring expansion by inclusion of a methylene group into a ring-sector.
    Source:
    Blue Book, p. 500 [Terms] [Book]
Citation: 'homo' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.H02838 RIS BibTex EndNote
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