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for something to call the smaller-two carbon bit.

for something to call the smaller-two carbon bit.

Similarly, the non alkyl or non aromatic portion of a molecule may be bigger than the alkyl or aryl group, in which case the alkyl or aryl group is considered a functional group, eg N-methylmorpholine versus morpholine.

	Revision 4 . . December 9, 2001 5:38 pm by (logged).234.79.xxx *[alkyl/aryl groups are functional ]**
	Revision 3 . . September 3, 2001 9:08 am by (logged).186.19.xxx *[yes, phosphate and acetyl are functional groups.]**