Alternant hydrocarbon

ID: alternant-hydrocarbon

An alternant hydrocarbon is a type of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) that exhibits a specific structural property: it contains alternating single and double bonds in its carbon framework, typically in a planar arrangement. These hydrocarbons have a regular alternation of carbon-carbon bonds, meaning that no two adjacent bonds are of the same type (single or double).

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