Title: substitutive name
Long Title: IUPAC Gold Book - substitutive name
DOI: 10.1351/goldbook.S06079
Status: current

Definition
A name which indicates the exchange of one or more hydrogen atoms attached to a skeletal atom of a parent structure or to an atom of a characteristic group for another atom or group, which may be expressed by a suffix or by prefixes.

Related Term
- skeletal atom: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/S05706

Source
- Blue Book Guide, p. 15 (https://doi.org/10.1351/pac199971071327)

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- xml: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/S06079/xml

Citation: Citation: 'substitutive name' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. 10.1351/goldbook.S06079
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Accessed: 2026-06-28T09:33:54+00:00