Univalent groups containing carbon, which are thus organic, but which have their free
valence at an atom other than carbon. This collective term is seldom used; specific subclasses
are more frequently encountered (organothio or organylthio, organogermanium or organylgermanium
groups). The synonymous term organoelement groups is occasionally encountered. E.g.
phenoxy, acetamido, pyridinio
(
C5H5N+),
thiocyanato
(
N≡C–S−), trimethylsilyl; but not hydroxyphenyl, aminoacetyl.
Source:
PAC, 1995, 67, 1307
(Glossary of class names of organic compounds and reactivity intermediates based on
structure (IUPAC Recommendations 1995))
on page 1353
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IUPAC. Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 2nd ed. (the "Gold Book"). Compiled by
A. D. McNaught and A. Wilkinson. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford (1997).
XML on-line corrected version: http://goldbook.iupac.org (2006-) created by M. Nic,
J. Jirat, B. Kosata; updates compiled by A. Jenkins. ISBN 0-9678550-9-8.
https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.
