Term Name: | aromatic compound |
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Synonyms: | aromatic compounds, aromatic molecular entity, aromatics, aromatische Verbindungen |
Definition: | A cyclically conjugated molecular entity with a stability (due to delocalization) significantly greater than that of a hypothetical localized structure (e.g. Kekule structure) is said to possess aromatic character. |
Ontology: | ChEBI [CHEBI:33655] ( EBI ) |