Homologous Series

National Institute of Standards and Technology. (2025). Homologous Series. OSAC Lexicon.

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Year

2025

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https://www.nist.gov/glossary-term/38781

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• Homologous Series
  • … accordingly defines a homologue as a compound in a series whose members differ by a repeating unit, giving methylene and peptide residues as examples. NIST's OSAC lexicon, reproducing ASTM terminology, gives the operational organic version: each successive member contains one more repeating unit than its predecessor.

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