STRAIGHT CHAIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does straight chain mean? 

• STRAIGHT CHAIN (noun)
  The noun STRAIGHT CHAIN has 1 sense:

1. an open chain of atoms with no side chains

  Familiarity information: STRAIGHT CHAIN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STRAIGHT CHAIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An open chain of atoms with no side chains

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Hypernyms ("straight chain" is a kind of...):

open chain (a chain of atoms in a molecule whose ends are not joined to form a ring)

 Context examples 

Occurs mostly as furan and rarely as pyran or straight chain.

(Fructose, NCI Thesaurus/CRCH)

It is a 29-amino acid straight chain polypeptide (MW 3550 D) that plays an important role in regulation of blood glucose concentration, ketone metabolism, and several other biochemical and physiological processes.

(Glucagon, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Occurs mostly as pyran (6-membered oxygen containing ring or oxane) and rarely as furan (5-membered oxygen containing ring) or straight chain.

(Glucose, NCI Thesaurus/CRCH)

Aside from the keto group, each of the 5 remaining carbons has one hydroxyl group, in the S,R, and R configuration counting from the first hydroxyl containing asymmetric carbon next to the ketone in the straight chain (=Fisher) projection.

(Fructose, NCI Thesaurus/CRCH)

A hexose with an aldehyde group; in which each of the 5 remaining carbons other than the aldehyde group has one hydroxyl group in the R,S,R, and R configuration counting from the first hydroxyl containing carbon next to the aldehyde in the straight chain (Fisher) projection; otherwise all carbons have exclusively hydrogens.

(Glucose, NCI Thesaurus/CRCH)