 Hydrocarbon (source code)

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= Hydrocarbon
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A <hydrocarbon> contains only <carbon> and <hydrogen>. A <fatty acid> also contains <oxygen>; calling its long chain a <hydrocarbon> region does not make the whole <fatty acid> a <hydrocarbon>. See https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/H02889[IUPAC Gold Book: hydrocarbons].

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