Aliphatic compounds

{
  "id": "MLC-T-CHM-000388",
  "term": "Aliphatic compounds",
  "field": "Chemistry",
  "definition": "Carbon compounds without aromatic character, whether open-chain or ringed, fully saturated or containing double or triple bonds, including alkanes, alkenes, alkynes, cycloalkanes and their substituted derivatives. Conjugated dienes such as buta-1,3-diene count as aliphatic, since aromatic stabilisation, a closed ring of delocalised electrons obeying the 4n+2 rule, is absent.",
  "subject": "Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry",
  "see_also": [
    "aromatic"
  ],
  "references": [
    "PAC, 1995, 67, 1307. 'Glossary of class names of organic compounds and reactivity intermediates based on structure (IUPAC Recommendations 1995)' on page 1313 (https://doi.org/10.1351/pac199567081307)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/chemistry/aliphatic-compounds/"
}