Aliphatic compound

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  • aliphatic compound
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  • Any organic compound of hydrogen and carbon characterized by a straight chain of the carbon atoms.
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Abstract from DBPedia
    In organic chemistry, hydrocarbons (compounds composed solely of carbon and hydrogen) are divided into two classes: aromatic compounds and aliphatic compounds (/ˌælɪˈfætɪk/; G. aleiphar, fat, oil). Aliphatic compounds can be saturated, like hexane, or unsaturated, like hexene and hexyne. Open-chain compounds, whether straight or branched, and which contain no rings of any type, are always aliphatic. Cyclic compounds can be aliphatic if they are not aromatic.

    脂肪族化合物（しぼうぞくかごうぶつ、aliphatic compound）とは、非環式または環式の、非芳香族性の炭素化合物のことである。したがって、脂肪族化合物は芳香族化合物の対義語である。

    (Source: http://dbpedia.org/resource/Aliphatic_compound)