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<p>In <a href="page.php?w=chemistry">chemistry</a>, an <b>open-chain compound</b> (or <b>open chain compound</b>) or <b>acyclic compound</b> (Greek prefix ? 'without' and ?????? 'cycle') is a compound with a linear structure, rather than a <a href="page.php?w=Cyclic_compound">cyclic</a> one.An open-chain compound having no <a href="page.php?w=side_group">side group</a>s is called a <b>straight-chain compound</b> (also spelled as straight chain compound). Many of the simple molecules of <a href="page.php?w=organic_chemistry">organic chemistry</a>,</p><p>
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